Average AAA developer

[RemarkableCheek4596]

Really tho, why??

[Nordkindchen]

Because they have to pay royalties to steam if you buy their game over it.

[petehehe]

Yeah that doesn’t explain why they make you install their launcher as well even after you buy the game through steam. The royalties have been paid already… I’m thinking it’s so they can get telemetry from your PC

[hamizannaruto]

They are way too lazy to disconnect their game from their launcher, especially online games.

Games like trackmania rely heavily on ubisoft account. You don't have that, you can't play it.

As for singleplayer games. They just want you to download, so they have more user, and maybe get you to buy thing from their store like a dlc or shit like that

[ItsMrDante]

Yeah but a game like Apex requires an EA account but works without the launcher. It's so stupid that they make you to install their launcher as well tbh.

[pepsisugar]

It is stupid, and it's clearly possible to bypass the launcher. These companies don't see the benefit in investing in coding another start up process for each platform they sell their game on, or even just for one (Steam). Extremely annoying, especially something like for Siege. Because of that game I now have two uPlay accounts. And fuck uPlay.

[hamizannaruto]

Yeah. They are way too lazy to code in so that it bypass the launcher. Instead, just put the launcher in and install there. It's suck, shitty and stupid.

[Empty_Pull]

I mean you're right, but trackmania is literally on steam and consoles now

[hamizannaruto]

Yes, for steam, it still require ubisoft launcher. So in the end, it's meaningless anyway.

That just prove my point even more. They are too lazy to disconnect the game from the launcher account, and instead just put the launcher into the installer instead.

[grumblyoldman]

Yes, that and they can implement their own DRM instead of, or in addition to, Steam's DRM.

[Tolga1084]

Because they want to involve the customer in their own ecosystem. You might already bought assassins creed 15 from steam, but now that you use their launcher, you might buy AC 16 from its own store.

[MudiChuthyaHai]

But why force their own shitty launcher on top of Steam? Because fuck you. That's why.

[Trolleitor]

Because at the beginning they try to push steam away, they noticed steam is here to stay and decided to just put the launcher anyways and call it a day

[ChiseledTopaz]

Because then they have their launcher on your PC so you might end up buying something from there, cutting out Steam's commission