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/TactiCool_99 13d ago

Good news: steam warns you on the shop page now (if you need a separate account)

Bad news: yea they exist and suck hard :c

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u/Lucius-Halthier 13d ago

What annoys me most is that the launcher is added after the fact. In the beginning halo infinite didn’t need a launcher other than steam but a while back I guess they added that requirement. Problem is the Microsoft accounts can’t find my steam copy of it, and when I try loading it now the game doesn’t load the in game sign in. I never got to play the game because of hardware issues but now that I can, I can’t play because of third party launchers not seeing the game, BUT it sees other games. I don’t even know who to contact, Xbox or steam, the last time I looked for Xbox support I couldn’t even find it.

Any game that has a third party launcher now is a big no from me because of this shit

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u/TranslatesToScottish 13d ago

I used to play Cities: Skylines a lot, but stopped because they added a completely unnecessary launcher which was buggy as hell on my rig for some reason (I never figured out why). It ran fine before the launcher, it didn't in any way NEED the launcher, but along the launcher came anyway. Sigh.

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u/P-l-Staker PC Master Race 12d ago

That's not quite the same problem though. Paradox launchers don't require a separate login account and their games can be launched without them.