Hallelujah. I don't know why so many companies went down this route, particularly when it's not the likes of Ubisoft or whatnot with their own desire to half-ass the attempt at making their own Steam. My guess for its removal is to better support Steam Deck, perhaps?
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Keeps users in their wallet garden. Marketers love shoving shit in users faces whenever they launch the game. Inside the game it's bad for. To advertise whatever other garbage there is, on their launcher they try to grab your attention for their other crap
But see, that's the thing. They're just as capable of putting those ads in game too. I definitely would have more visibility on the ads just at the title screen than I would on a launcher I'm clicking through as fast as humanly possible.
If they can convert purchase within their launcher, they don't pay Steam their cut. That's it.
Then they'd have to update the actual game, as opposed to just updating the launcher when a change needs to be made.
Updating the launcher is quicker and cheaper.
yeah, plus there's only one launcher, and possibly thousands of games.
.......wallet garden? So....like a garden where they grow wallets for you to eat?
I mean, if that's in your taste palate, bone apple tea, I guess....
man my phone just isn't my friend today
Now wait, it's an interesting typo, the double meaning fits so well.
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I knew what you meant. I was just really proud of tying it to "bone apple tea".
I'm only here to amuse myself.
We need a term for a Freudian slip caused by mobile autocorrect. Because "wallet garden" is extremely accurate, even if it's not the intended word choice.
Eggcorn? Rickyism? Though neither is specifically for autocorrect.
That's actually how I took it at first, seemed highly apropos.
Data. Simple as.
The game can collect data, if that's what they're after.
My theory is that it's all about advertising. It's another point of contact with the consumer, and another opportunity to make sure every new release is presented to every potential buyer.
Indeed, it’s a pre-game forced ad. No other explanation required.
Could be.
What data? Surely the game itself would be just as capable of transmitting that.
Having a launcher open in the background is less conspicuous of having the game open in the background.
$$$$$
So many old games from Ubisoft that I'd buy from GOG if they'd strip out their stupid launcher but here we are.
are there any 2k games left worth playing?
Xcom 2 is the only game that comes to mind here.
Civ 7 comes out in a few months. Mafia allegedly later in the year. A new Borderlands is somewhere in there too.
Civ......7 is coming out???? Oh! Oh! So I guess I'm just going to need a time machine??? Is that it??? Because I'm an adult now!!! Working 6 damn days a week!!! Explain how I can just stop time, and spend 72 hours straight fighting off Gondi and his aggressive ass nukes!!! Explain that shit to me!!! Already work 16 hours a day 6 days a week! Now I gotta defend the world from nukes through politics, and science, and WE ALREADY KNOW WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO BUILD AN ARMY AND BLOW EVERYONE UP!!! WHY WE GOTTA DANCE THIS DANCE???
huffs......huffs.......huffs......
So how's everybodys day going? Ready for Thanksgiving? I sure am looking forward to relatives you only twice a year getting drunk and talking politics 3 weeks after the election! What could go wrong???
Hmmmmm.........maybe butter knives are the sharpest thing I should put on this table......
Just tell your family you can’t make it cause of Cub 7. If they know, they will understand.
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