Hallelujah. I don't know why so many companies went down this route, particularly when it's not the likes of Ubisoft or whatnot with their own desire to half-ass the attempt at making their own Steam. My guess for its removal is to better support Steam Deck, perhaps?
Keeps users in their wallet garden. Marketers love shoving shit in users faces whenever they launch the game. Inside the game it's bad for. To advertise whatever other garbage there is, on their launcher they try to grab your attention for their other crap
But see, that's the thing. They're just as capable of putting those ads in game too. I definitely would have more visibility on the ads just at the title screen than I would on a launcher I'm clicking through as fast as humanly possible.
Then they'd have to update the actual game, as opposed to just updating the launcher when a change needs to be made.
Updating the launcher is quicker and cheaper.
yeah, plus there's only one launcher, and possibly thousands of games.
If they can convert purchase within their launcher, they don't pay Steam their cut. That's it.
That's against Steam's TOS, and Valve doesn't take kindly to that.
.......wallet garden? So....like a garden where they grow wallets for you to eat?
I mean, if that's in your taste palate, bone apple tea, I guess....
man my phone just isn't my friend today
Now wait, it's an interesting typo, the double meaning fits so well.
:D
I knew what you meant. I was just really proud of tying it to "bone apple tea".
I'm only here to amuse myself.
We need a term for a Freudian slip caused by mobile autocorrect. Because "wallet garden" is extremely accurate, even if it's not the intended word choice.
That's actually how I took it at first, seemed highly apropos.
Fried Ian Slip
Eggcorn? Rickyism? Though neither is specifically for autocorrect.
Even CD Project Red added such shit. Instead of directly launching Witcher or Cyberpunk I now have to go through a(nother) launcher now. Pointless.
Baldurs Gate 3 needed one from the beginning as well.
I don't get it.
use --launcher-skip start argument for CDPR games
BG3 also has the slightly different --skip-launcher
Some games include launchers for practical reasons. Launchers allow you to change settings before having the game up, for example, which can be nice. They also sometimes can do mod management, though this is less common. Paradox does mod management through the launcher, for an example of that.
Usually the launchers suck though and only slow things down, but you can also usually use an argument to skip them.
Launchers allow you to change settings before having the game up, for example, which can be nice.
Or you can change options after the game launches, like a normal game.
Sometimes you have to reset the game to apply changes tho
A lot of times I just want to make a quick change for later without actually having to fire up the game. Even if I'm not interested in playing it anytime soon.
Weird, I know, but I have ADHD so if I don't do something the moment an idea pops into my head, within seconds I forget and the thought is lost forever. It's so bad that I'll often finish a sentence without having any idea how or why I started it.
Data. Simple as.
What data? Surely the game itself would be just as capable of transmitting that.
Having a launcher open in the background is less conspicuous of having the game open in the background.
The game can collect data, if that's what they're after.
My theory is that it's all about advertising. It's another point of contact with the consumer, and another opportunity to make sure every new release is presented to every potential buyer.
Indeed, it’s a pre-game forced ad. No other explanation required.
Could be.
$$$$$
So many old games from Ubisoft that I'd buy from GOG if they'd strip out their stupid launcher but here we are.
Isn't GOG the epitome of "just ignore the launcher and click on the main exe yourself"? Or are you bemoaning that these games aren't on GOG?
The later, I want these games decrapified if I'm going to spend money on them.
are there any 2k games left worth playing?
Civ 7 comes out in a few months. Mafia allegedly later in the year. A new Borderlands is somewhere in there too.
Civ......7 is coming out???? Oh! Oh! So I guess I'm just going to need a time machine??? Is that it??? Because I'm an adult now!!! Working 6 damn days a week!!! Explain how I can just stop time, and spend 72 hours straight fighting off Gondi and his aggressive ass nukes!!! Explain that shit to me!!! Already work 16 hours a day 6 days a week! Now I gotta defend the world from nukes through politics, and science, and WE ALREADY KNOW WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO BUILD AN ARMY AND BLOW EVERYONE UP!!! WHY WE GOTTA DANCE THIS DANCE???
huffs......huffs.......huffs......
So how's everybodys day going? Ready for Thanksgiving? I sure am looking forward to relatives you only twice a year getting drunk and talking politics 3 weeks after the election! What could go wrong???
Hmmmmm.........maybe butter knives are the sharpest thing I should put on this table......
Username checks out
holds up spork
Just tell your family you can’t make it cause of Cub 7. If they know, they will understand.
vibes fr
Civ VII is $160 CAD for the full version though. 😬
Xcom 2 is the only game that comes to mind here.
Not new but I like civ V. Glad they are removing the launcher.
Praise be to Yevon! Now do the other ones.
Stay away from the summoner!
Happy cake day!
Huh, didn't even realize that. Guess it's time to party! ヽ(✧ω✧)ノ
Ieyui
Nobomeno
Renmiri
Yojuyogo
Hasatekanae
Kutamae
Nice.
🥳
Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.
Submissions have to be related to games
No bigotry or harassment, be civil
No excessive self-promotion
Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts
Mark Spoilers and NSFW
No linking to piracy
More information about the community rules can be found here and here.