WHY DO I NEED UBISOFT TO PLAY A GAME BOUGHT ON STEAM????

[Leonid]

I am very frustrated with the fact that I bought so many games on Steam but they redirect me to other launchers. Why is that? Why do I even own a Steam account if I need 10 other million launchers? Get your damn things right STEAM

[JonesR]

It all comes down to business decisions. Ubisoft makes their own business decisions so this isn't a matter of "Steam getting things right."

Ubisoft (and their shareholders) want to make as much money as possible. If they can get you to purchase products directly from their platform instead of from Steam, their profit margins go up since they don't have to pay distribution fees to Valve. Additionally, by providing their own platform, Ubisoft gets direct access to you personal information and thus can market and peddle their products directly to you, bypassing Steam altogether.

The trade off is that they piss off a certain percentage of their customer base (in this case, you). If the percentage of push back is high enough, the will begin to lose market share and they might adjust their business model accordingly. They recently made changes to bring products back to Steam after giving exclusivity to Epic for several years. This is a pretty clear indication that they were losing revenue.

Competition is healthy. We have the freedom to choose what to buy and play. If you don't want to use Ubisoft client, you can boycott purchasing Ubisoft games. That is completely your choice. If you just have to play that next Ubisoft title though, well you have to play by Ubisoft rules.

[The Dukenator]

Originally posted by Leonid:

I am very frustrated with the fact that I bought so many games on Steam but they redirect me to other launchers. Why is that? Why do I even own a Steam account if I need 10 other million launchers? Get your damn things right STEAM

Right on the store page that it says you need to have a 3rd party account, this includes installing any 3rd party clients.

As Steam is owned by Valve, it is required for their own games. Publishers choose if their game requires their own client or rely on Steam itself.

Most Ubisoft games require Ubisoft Connect (formerly Ubisoft Club, Uplay) since 2009. But a small amount of games do not require it.

[TV-MA]

Gamers when it takes them one extra step to play a game (They throw a fit and their ♥♥♥♥♥ starts to shake)

[Kiryu Kazuma]

Originally posted by TV-MA:

Gamers when it takes them one extra step to play a game (They throw a fit and their ♥♥♥♥♥ starts to shake)

I'm laughing as a Linux gamer

[Leonid]

Originally posted by JonesR:

It all comes down to business decisions. Ubisoft makes their own business decisions so this isn't a matter of "Steam getting things right."

Ubisoft (and their shareholders) want to make as much money as possible. If they can get you to purchase products directly from their platform instead of from Steam, their profit margins go up since they don't have to pay distribution fees to Valve. Additionally, by providing their own platform, Ubisoft gets direct access to you personal information and thus can market and peddle their products directly to you, bypassing Steam altogether.

The trade off is that they piss off a certain percentage of their customer base (in this case, you). If the percentage of push back is high enough, the will begin to lose market share and they might adjust their business model accordingly. They recently made changes to bring products back to Steam after giving exclusivity to Epic for several years. This is a pretty clear indication that they were losing revenue.

Competition is healthy. We have the freedom to choose what to buy and play. If you don't want to use Ubisoft client, you can boycott purchasing Ubisoft games. That is completely your choice. If you just have to play that next Ubisoft title though, well you have to play by Ubisoft rules.

Valve should make a business decision and not sell games that redirects you to other launchers other than Steam. I started doing my research when buying games and if I find they have other launchers either than Steam I will purchase them from there. How's that for lost income?

[JonesR]

Originally posted by Leonid:

Valve should make a business decision and not sell games that redirects you to other launchers other than Steam. I started doing my research when buying games and if I find they have other launchers either than Steam I will purchase them from there. How's that for lost income?

Exactly my point. Your life...your choices.

[Heat, the Genius]

First world problems

[Macdallan]

Originally posted by Leonid:

I am very frustrated with the fact that I bought so many games on Steam but they redirect me to other launchers. Why is that? Why do I even own a Steam account if I need 10 other million launchers? Get your damn things right STEAM

Technically Steam is the third party here, this is a Ubisoft game, not a Valve game...

[mjaau]

So I wanted to get in a few police chases even though I have everything 100%. I tried figuring out why my game won't start after the uplay to ubi connect transition for an hour, to no avail. Why is it so hard to start the game now? Ubi really messed up with that last update (I assume that IT broke everything, could be wrong)

[RughzenWolf]

You are not alone