▲ 851 ▼ Blizzard games are coming to Steam (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago* by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world 287 comments fedilink hide all child comments I guess they're giving up on convincing people to download their launcher.
[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) The Battle.net launcher pre-dates Steam though, doesn’t it? Edit: guess not. Steam came out in 2003. I hadn’t heard of it until well after the Battle.net launcher came out in 2013. 🤷🏻♂️ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] beefcat@lemmy.world 22 points 3 years ago (2 children) Battle.net actually launched in 1996, though the client as it existed back then would hardly be recognizable as a launcher/storefront today. The modern client launched in 2009. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) Battle.net is dead and gone. The launcher has nothing to do with battle.net and everything to do with attempting to harvest as much data as possible, bonus if you run it in the background without playing any of their games. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I was wondering why it sucked so much ass. This explains it permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago Yeah I just mean the launcher application. I dunno, I had it way before Steam was even on my radar though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] beefcat@lemmy.world 22 points 3 years ago (2 children) Battle.net actually launched in 1996, though the client as it existed back then would hardly be recognizable as a launcher/storefront today. The modern client launched in 2009. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) Battle.net is dead and gone. The launcher has nothing to do with battle.net and everything to do with attempting to harvest as much data as possible, bonus if you run it in the background without playing any of their games. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I was wondering why it sucked so much ass. This explains it permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago Yeah I just mean the launcher application. I dunno, I had it way before Steam was even on my radar though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) Battle.net is dead and gone. The launcher has nothing to do with battle.net and everything to do with attempting to harvest as much data as possible, bonus if you run it in the background without playing any of their games. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I was wondering why it sucked so much ass. This explains it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I was wondering why it sucked so much ass. This explains it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago Yeah I just mean the launcher application. I dunno, I had it way before Steam was even on my radar though. permalink fedilink source parent