Rockstar Launcher?

[Mr. Slave]

(I now feel guilty for making this thread)

I don’t get it. The Rockstar Launcher only offers like 10 Games on its service, Is there really a point of it when everybody just buys their titles on Steam? Why can’t the online services be handled through there. One reason i despise it is because it blocks Steam Family Sharing which is a bummer because somebody in my Steam Family owns this game, i also own RDR2 which can’t be family shared either :(
It isn’t a problem 100% for me but i still question why its there

[BORG]

Lots of people don't buy their titles from Steam. I don't buy all my games on steam. In fact, it's quite the opposite. I avoid buying games from Steam as much as absolutely possible. Sometimes I'll even say no and remind myself that it's not that important.

That aside, the launcher is for DRM purposes.

[blehhh :P]

Originally posted by BORG:

Lots of people don't buy their titles from Steam. I don't buy all my games on steam. In fact, it's quite the opposite. I avoid buying games from Steam as much as absolutely possible. Sometimes I'll even say no and remind myself that it's not that important.

That aside, the launcher is for DRM purposes.

Out of context but I love how you say you avoid buying games on steam with 250+ games lol, how much games do you actually own?!

[BORG]

Originally posted by Vibeless:

Originally posted by BORG:

Lots of people don't buy their titles from Steam. I don't buy all my games on steam. In fact, it's quite the opposite. I avoid buying games from Steam as much as absolutely possible. Sometimes I'll even say no and remind myself that it's not that important.

That aside, the launcher is for DRM purposes.

Out of context but I love how you say you avoid buying games on steam with 250+ games lol, how much games do you actually own?! :GDEasy:

Many of my Steam games have been acquired through third party sites I unfortunately can't list here, but a vast portion of my games come from other websites I unfortunately can't list here. Some were gifts, some were freebies and all that was acquired over a span of almost 15 years. I've also got several hundreds of games from other companies like EGS, GOG, EA, IndieGala and the list goes on. 250+ games on Steam is peanuts compared to what I have elsewhere.

[ChickenBalls]

why are you complaining? You dont even have this game on Steam so you wouldn't need to have 2 launchers

It isn’t a problem 100% for me but i still question why its there

ah ok thanks for wasting my time

[BORG]

Originally posted by ChickenBalls:

why are you complaining? You dont even have this game on Steam so you wouldn't need to have 2 launchers

Isn't it clear enough why they are complaining? They want the game on Steam, but don't want the RGL (Rockstar Games Launcher) attached to it so they can family share the game on Steam. It's not possible. That is their complaint.

[❤️SanaEclipse❤]

Originally posted by ChickenBalls:

why are you complaining? You dont even have this game on Steam so you wouldn't need to have 2 launchers

It isn’t a problem 100% for me but i still question why its there

ah ok thanks for wasting my time

Maybe he wants the game on steam. Why does he need your input if you're not helpful. 90% of your replies to posts are not helpful and borderline trolling. I'm amazed you have not been banned from the community yet. Time will tell 😉

[cruste]

Steam takes 30% from the publisher that is enough to use your own launcher, meanwhile you can't ignore the steam market, while it is so big on pc

How do you want to coordinate the crossplay of the game on 3 different platforms without own launcher? Socialclub version, Steam and Epic store
Microsoft is brewing their own soup in their own store with crossplay option to the xbox or Sony offers a similiar service to play Playstation games on pc.

The simple answer to family share is buy the game as gift for your friend while it is so often on sale and you can get keys below 10$, sry if this is still too expensive.
Family sharing is awful and so often broken while you need to constantly relog with acc data of the other members, because something got up- or outdated.
The playstation system was so much better in comparison, when it came to library usage of your friends.

every bigger multiplayer title use their own launchers
same goes for EA and their origin store or Ubisoft and Uplay, you can be happy that EA returned to steam while it had a longer break and tried to avoid the market of its competitor

[davewalter]

What everybody is saying is true but lets not forget, RS is a money hungry, don't care about their fan base, screw you over type company. If they had it to do all over again, they would have created their own launcher a long time ago because of the % cut they lose out on. I would not be surprised if they sell GTA 6 on their launcher first and then later release it on Steam...just to squeeze the sponge and get every $$ they can.

[[-iD-]]

the launcher acts as server to enter p2p and prevent thieves from getting online.

[[-iD-]]

Originally posted by davewalter:

What everybody is saying is true but lets not forget, RS is a money hungry, don't care about their fan base, screw you over type company. If they had it to do all over again, they would have created their own launcher a long time ago because of the % cut they lose out on. I would not be surprised if they sell GTA 6 on their launcher first and then later release it on Steam...just to squeeze the sponge and get every $$ they can.

prob not since they know that the most people on steam tend to only buy from steam. no need to cut off their nose to spite their face.

[BORG]

Originally posted by davewalter:

What everybody is saying is true but lets not forget, RS is a money hungry, don't care about their fan base, screw you over type company. If they had it to do all over again, they would have created their own launcher a long time ago because of the % cut they lose out on. I would not be surprised if they sell GTA 6 on their launcher first and then later release it on Steam...just to squeeze the sponge and get every $$ they can.

Of course they will. Just look how they've handled past GTA releases. Double dipping and milking the cow dry is what Rockstar does best.