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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world
 

I guess they're giving up on convincing people to download their launcher.

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[–] zikk_transport2@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not gonna play them if they include their launcher after game is started from Steam lol.

EDIT: I am very happy to hear that everyone hates them. EA as well as Rockstar has shown that their launchers are shit. On Steam Deck EA games often fail to start at all due to EA launcher updates, and Rockstar launcher takes around 3-5 minutes to start a fucking game (which should start instantly).

[–] uglytruck@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I really wish Steam would put their foot down and stop these launchers. They are nothing but a nuisance and add no value for the customer.

EDIT: Just to be clear, when EA Play joined Gamepass there wasn't a separate launcher when you went to play an EA game on the Xbox. Steam could make this work with them and the other companies. They have enough pull to make this work - it would be greatly welcomed.

[–] ieightpi@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i'd be okay with having diablo on my steam library. too bad i bought them all on battle.net....

[–] Powerpoint@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it goes how Bethesda did you'll migrate your library over

[–] Ranman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago

I've been boycotting Blizzard since the bNetd bullshit.

Glad Steam lets you block entire publishers.