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mlg, do gaming w I just love collecting them all!
@mlg@lemmy.world avatar

So called free market socialists when steam offers almost all the games in one launcher (monopoly)

shneancy,

at least they’re using the money they get to make hardware that would not get greenlit otherwise due to too high market risks

and they didn’t suddenly make the platform subscription only & put all the new features in the cloud to make it harder to pirate (looking at you Adobe you pos)

asexualchangeling,

Also unlike console makers they don’t try to limit you to only running software they approve on their hardware

wreckedcarzz,
@wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world avatar

monopoly

No, you need uplay for that

Furbag, do gaming w I just love collecting them all!

I will say that I’ll take the lesser evil of having an unintrusive launcher for a game that pops up after I select play in Steam (Creative Assembly, Larian, etc.) which can then be closed after the game starts than go back to when everyone wanted you to install a bloated distribution platform to play their specific game (Looking at you Stardock, Uplay, etc.).

TheOakTree,

Absolutely. It is refreshing to start BG3, see the launcher pop up quickly, and watch the loading splash come up right after you choose DX11/Vulkan.

There are, however, many other problems in that game.

Harpsist, do gaming w I just love collecting them all!

Reason number 217 why pirated games are better.

ILikeBoobies, do gaming w I just love collecting them all!

Basically yeah, every game should have its own launcher

shneancy,

we’re back at square one boys

ILikeBoobies,

Ideally yeah

wreckedcarzz,
@wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world avatar

I just got an incredible idea for a game…

kratoz29, do gaming w I just love collecting them all!

It has been ages since I played something on PC (I don’t have a gaming one) but that is crazy to me lol.

Is it not possible to just put the .exe files into the desktop (not shortcuts).

The_Picard_Maneuver,
@The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website avatar

I know you used to be able to do that, but I don’t think it works anymore.

Shadow,
@Shadow@lemmy.ca avatar

The exe is typically a tiny part of the actual game files, so no.

kratoz29,

Perhaps the entire folder of the game on your desktop? I do remember to have done something like that before lol.

bleistift2,

I tried that with Tropico 5. The .exe launches the Kalypso launcher. When you press play, it launches the steam launcher, which then launches the Kalypso launcher again. When you then press play, you get to play the game.

(This is from memory. Details may vary.)

Kecessa,

Depends, DRM free games yes…

wreckedcarzz,
@wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world avatar

I hear there’s a website for that… amazing how you can get anything drm-free if you know how to sail.

Hupf, do gaming w I just love collecting them all!

Now how about we get an Office launcher

wreckedcarzz,
@wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world avatar

Achievement unlocked: Starting to Excel

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cashsky, do gaming w Unfortunately

Why does the robot have boobs?

agressivelyPassive,

Because Aggressotrons are “female”, whatever that means for a robot.

DavidGarcia, do gaming w Unfortunately

no one tell her about psychiatric medication

Dadifer,

She’s saying that you can’t package suicidal depression, whereas psychiatric medication would be the antidote. I happen to disagree, as I get suicidally depressed every time I go on Facebook.

bentropy, do gaming w I just love collecting them all!

See, you guys don’t know what you want. First it’s not okay for you that you have to use steam to play only three games and now it’s not okay that there are games you don’t have to use steam for… wtf!

bleistift2,

You used to be able to open games without the Steam launcher until the latest major release.

Also steam often launches another dedicated launcher.

ares35,
@ares35@kbin.social avatar

if a game has its own launcher, yea, that's usually still there, too.

ekZepp, do gaming w I just love collecting them all!
@ekZepp@lemmy.world avatar

Quite a pain. I mostly buy anything on steam or choose steam keys x this reason.

JoShmoe, do gaming w I just love collecting them all!

Don’t forget minetest and gamehub

DanglingFury, do gaming w Unfortunately

What game

csfirecracker,

Fallout 4

iHUNTcriminals, do gaming w Unfortunately

They just put that in the food.

chunkystyles, do gaming w I knew he'd understand

Real gamer move.

Rhoeri, do gaming w Game of the year?

Trolls fuck up everything.

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