a_crazy_fox t1_ja7inoe wrote on February 27, 2023 at 12:43 PM

It is ridiculous indeed. With just my steam games, I now have a launcher for Ubisoft, EA, Rockstar and even still Origin (or again actually), because EA reverted back to Origin (PC only) for Sims 3 players, because the EA launcher will not start the game with (store) dlc.

I miss the times where you just bought a game, installed it, perhaps download some extra updates for the game itself and you were actually ready to play.

And man, that EA launcher! 😭

CatCatPizza t1_ja87c2s wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:56 PM

Those launchers are litterally why i just refuse to buy certain games

a_crazy_fox t1_ja8aocy wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:18 PM

I get that. And I also refuse to buy new games that need a launcher.

However, I already bought games that need this and I just really want to play them as I paid for them. So for now, I will just have to accept it. Doesn't make it less annoying though.

But I do refrain from buying new games that need launchers. Who knows, if enough of us do this, they might actually stop this nonsense.

Dull_Diamond_7974 t1_jaalmk9 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:22 AM

The problem is that some launchers get added AFTER you purchase the games.

I'm looking at you, Fall Guys.

Rukasu17 t1_ja9g4mq wrote on February 27, 2023 at 8:41 PM

Well to be fair steam launches those for you. Half the time you won't even know they're running