Players will still need a Battle.net account, however

  • Okalaydokalay@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I can agree to that. Kind of like how Bethesda’s games like Fallout and Oblivion have a menu that appears between Steam and the actual gameplay, with a play button and settings for the game.

    I just hate having:

    • another motherfucking program running in the background taking resources (it may not be that much, but it’s still something. And when gaming, every resource counts!)

    • another damn password/account that I have to remember and has the potential to get me involved in yet another fun breach of my private information/data

    • another app I need to keep updated and wait for it to update, especially when I only use the thing for one game

    • another app that promises it’ll remember my password but doesn’t because I haven’t opened it in a week

    • a convenient way for me to get locked out. Not only do I have the potential of getting banned from Steam and losing my game there, I now have the ability to get banned from another platform and lose my game there too!! Or maybe I just have a different account email/verification that I forget to update and lose access that way

    Let me just keep everything in one launcher and be that be that, is all I ask as a paying customer. Or be like GOG and let me never have to use the launcher if I don’t want to!

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      1 year ago

      another motherfucking program running in the background taking resources (it may not be that much, but it’s still something. And when gaming, every resource counts!)

      Honestly, it should really not be an issue to have a program running. Your computer has plenty of processes running all the time.

      Steam is pretty resource-heavy, but a process shouldn’t need to be.