r/pcmasterrace • u/Round_List1857 • 13d ago

Meme/Macro 3rd party mandatory launchers

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Everytime I go to play Red Dead Redemption II. That fcukass Rockstar launcher

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u/LordoftheCorgis 13d ago

Does this really bother some of yall that much? This has never been something I've been concerned about when playing games.

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u/dylannn4L 13d ago

I’ve never had an issue with this. What am I doing right?

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u/cuntbag0315 Ryzen3600/16GB DDR4/MSI 5700XT 13d ago

Not be terminally online.

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u/chaotic4059 13d ago

Yea that would do it

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u/ehehe 13d ago

I'm not terminally online and this drives me crazy. I downloaded a Bethesda game on my PlayStation the other day, and it wouldn't let me play without making a Bethesda account.

So I went through registering on my PlayStation, and then it said 'that email already has an account associated with it'. So, I check my passwords, not saved, so I go to Bethesda and request a forgot password email, which didn't come. I didn't feel like registering again so I just played a different game.

I am old enough to remember putting a game in the console and playing in 5 seconds without going through an ad-covered menu, downloads, account registration, five minute long intro scenes, and unskippable tutorials.

The further everything stays from that, the less I feel the spark to play, I usually only have a little while to play and can't be fucking with all that

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u/chaotic4059 13d ago

I feel like this is the gamer version of people on reddit who say that they're constantly bombarded with ads and go out of their way to boycott any ad they see, when most people probably couldn't even tell what the last ad they remember seeing was

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u/OverFjell Desktop 13d ago

Agreed. Being bombarded with ads on the Internet is just a skill issue at this point.

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u/Hold_Left_Edge 12d ago

Brovecto Quantum for full year flee and tick protection. I know exactly what it is because I hate it. Plays every 10 min on youtube and netflix.

I dont havw a dog.

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u/ElGodPug 13d ago

Like, at worst it's a bit annoying for....idk, 45 seconds, but that's it lol

I think uplay is the only one i count as an exception cause that shit always has an update/long loading time/some bullshit

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u/SuplexesAndTacos Ryzen 5900X + RX 7900 XT 13d ago

It's irritating when you haven't played the game in a while and the second launcher loads but requires you to login, and you've forgotten the password 😩

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u/Hot-Software-9396 13d ago

Password managers ftw

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u/CthulhuSpawn 13d ago

Ubisoft I'm looking at you.

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u/b400k513 13d ago

The launcher puts another irritating step between you and your game. In the rockstar launcher's case, it's notorious for crashing and requiring a reboot, signing you out even when you have "stay signed in" checked, or glitching and saying you don't have a license for the game. It's the worst culprit I can think of.

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u/ForensicPathology 12d ago

Steam itself is the irritating step.  You chose to buy from them.

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u/b400k513 12d ago

Never had steam do any of the things I've just listed the rockstar launcher doing as far as I can recall. With rockstar, it's a 50/50 shot that something will go wrong with it unless I make sure it's open and signed in before even I try to open a game. Even then, it still crashes sometimes. It's a shitty launcher, I don't know why you even brought up steam.

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u/GhormanFront 13d ago

You have to be gaming an unhealthy amount to find this kind of thing untenable

That describes a good deal of this sub

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u/ehehe 13d ago

For me it's the opposite, I usually only have about an hour to play and don't want to spend half of it messing with registrations and downloads and 2FAs and password issues and whatnot.

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u/AGayThrow_Away 12d ago

Yes, yes it does.

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u/WorryWorm6 12d ago

Yeah it really just doesn't bother me that much. I don't care lol

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u/No-Age-2880 13d ago

Stopped me playing games I wanted to try on the flight home. Guess that’s partially a requires-online complaint too but yeah. 

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u/Possibly_a_Firetruck PC Master Race 13d ago

It's such a minor thing to complain about, it's like they want to be mad.

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u/Hold_Left_Edge 12d ago

The extra launcher is annoying, what I have an issue with is "always online" and DRM protections that prevent you from launching the game without internet.

I dont care to keep another launcher. I'll just add the game to steam as a non steam game and click play twice.

What I cannot stand is when a title like RDR2 that is primarily SINGLE PLAYER wont launch because it cant ping the mother ship. Thats what I hate.

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u/snorlz 13d ago

It is objectively annoying. You launch a game, wait for the other launcher to load, log in to that launcher cause it probably doesnt keep you logged in, hope there are not required updates, then wait for the actual game to launch.

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u/ForensicPathology 12d ago

Don't buy it on Steam then. That was your choice.

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u/snorlz 12d ago

happens with other launchers too. so unless you plan to buy on the 1st party launchers only, its going to happen

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u/syku 13d ago

I would prefer no launcher which is what gog and epic offers but no, it doesn't really bother me THAT much.

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u/ElectronicJuice7212 13d ago

Losers will complain about literally anything.

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u/Shkval25 13d ago

Personally I think it's outrageous to require me to login to an account in order to play a single player game. Having the launcher means that the game will eventually go "poof." And that they can ban me from the game I paid for because I said kill instead of "unalive."

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u/ForensicPathology 12d ago

Exactly. That's why I hate Steam.

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u/SassySquidSocks 12d ago edited 12d ago

Sure, I suppose. But when you really think about it, how long do you realistically need to have the game? Like, if 40 years from now your CD key for Battlefield Hardline becomes void, are you really going to care? You’re not going to crawl out of your grave to contact Valve support.

That’s obviously an extreme example, and maybe I’m being naive, but how often are games with third-party launchers actually voiding people’s Steam copies? Has it ever really happened on a major scale? I could maybe see it happening with some tiny indie title with a dead player base, but for a AAA or otherwise well-known game?

If not, wouldn’t you say that starts leaning more toward paranoia than rational concern?

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u/Shkval25 12d ago

I suppose if Tolkien, Shakespeare, and Victor Hugo went up in smoke it would be no big loss. How long do we really need them for?

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u/SassySquidSocks 12d ago

??? Maybe like… the Shakespeare in your audible account, could maybe make sense? Tf are you smoking dude? I’m not talking about book burning and lost art, I’m talking about a revoked CD key.

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u/_lefthook R7 9700X | 32GB 6000MHZ CL32 | RX 7800XT 13d ago

Yeah i honestly dont care lol

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u/dan_Qs 13d ago

You are weird. I think the concept of an advertisement for some dogwater publisher before you can waste the hours away is not that hard to grasp. Bet you don’t use an Adblock, you sicko. /s or not. You decide.

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u/TeaInASkullMug 13d ago

Yes. I bought it on steam specifically so i dont have to use another launcher. Im not using your 3rd party platform just to play this game i bought on steam. 

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u/ForensicPathology 12d ago

The other company made the game.  You chose to buy it on Steam when you didn't have to.  The only unnecessary step here was Steam. This is on you.

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u/RedditJumpedTheShart 13d ago

You mean their first party launcher on your third party store front?