Third party launchers.

[Dura_Ace]

If you use one i wont buy your game. I am now locked out of GTA 5 permanently as they are being ♥♥♥♥♥.

[RPG Gamer Man]

Many games use third party launchers. Add to your list Ubisoft games, Paradox games, and some indie companies use them too.

[Crazy Tiger]

I just buy them on their own launchers. Don't see why I'd get those on Steam.

[Dura_Ace]

Originally posted by RPG Gamer Man:

Many games use third party launchers. Add to your list Ubisoft games, Paradox games, and some indie companies use them too.

I dotn buy Ubisoft games either anymore. They display the same sort of anti consumer behavior that Rockstart does.

Maybe that is why Ubisoft is in serious financial trouble now and are pondering selling the company as they are very close to being bankrupt indeed.

Ubisoft is broke.

And they are surprised that people stop buying their games when they get treated like dirt? Really?

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by Dura_Ace:

If you use one i wont buy your game. I am now locked out of GTA 5 permanently as they are being ♥♥♥♥♥.

If you are locked out of your Rockstar account it is self inflicted as they have a recovery process unless of course you decided playing fair was not an option.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by Dura_Ace:

If you use one i wont buy your game.

Give that man a Harrumph!

[fluxtorrent]

Why do you expect anyone here to care?

[Eagle_of_Fire]

Back in the days launchers did not bother me because they were usually used for a quick interface before the actual game launch. You could change options relevant to the game before launching it and everything was great. But now launchers are part of dark pattern practices and most of the time are not even functional.

I've already been circumventing launchers for years now. Funnily enough, anybody the least computer savvy can do without them since games don't require said launchers to actually work. Who would have thought, am I right?

Of course, OP is talking about an online MP game here. That's a completely different can of worm and I'm 100% sure his woes have nothing to do with the launcher itself. Go figure.

[Dura_Ace]

Originally posted by Nx Machina:

Originally posted by Dura_Ace:

If you use one i wont buy your game. I am now locked out of GTA 5 permanently as they are being ♥♥♥♥♥.

If you are locked out of your Rockstar account it is self inflicted as they have a recovery process unless of course you decided playing fair was not an option.

It was my fault indeed for losing access to the email account that was tied to the ISP when i moved house. You are correct.

But they also have a responsibility to help the customer.

Account name was valid, Password was valid. They can see that with the attempted log ins.

Photo of passport and all the details they wanted were provided.

The no was issued when i could not remember the exact date steam was linking with rockstar.

Out of all the authentication methods, that one could use to verify identify, they want to use that?

When did i link accounts? That info is not even listed in steam as far as i know.

No problem at all. I wont buy their games and i wont cry over the loss. I simply deleted all GTA's from my library permanently.

Problem solved.

[Dura_Ace]

Originally posted by fluxtorrent:

Why do you expect anyone here to care?

I dont. Obviously you dont fanboi.

This is a written warning to others. Rockstar is a POS company that cares very little for you once they have their money.

[Chika Ogiue]

Originally posted by Dura_Ace:

This is a written warning to others. Rockstar is a POS company that cares very little for you once they have their money.

A warning of what? Not to make the same mistake you did? A mistake that was entirely of your own making? You moved house and for whatever reason that caused you to lose your email address hosted by your ISP. Perhaps the warning you should be giving is not to use such an easily lost email address for anything important.

Your warning you should also include that people shouldn't delete emails that could prove useful: such as the one Rockstar sent when you linked your R* Social/Launcher to Steam.

But as it is, this topic doesn't read as a warning, it reads as you lashing out because you couldn't provide the information they wanted because of your own mistake.

By all means avoid games using their first-party launchers, but don't pretend this was warning other people when it lacks all relevant information.

[RedLightning]

I peronally think that having to have all this information on hand for ALL these damned versions of 'copy protection' 'accounts' etc... is getting out of hand.

Just reinstalling 'flight' simulator with all its addons I bought and all their front ends. and all their wrappers got insane enough for me to not bother spending any more money on flightsim products..

Its just easier to 'not' deal with any of it. Now with companies like rockstar you gotta be signed in just to save your damned game. Even if played single player.

I have not purchased a rockstar game in a long while... and I do not plan to in the future. One of the companies that I have added to my long growing list of companies that pull their bull.

When is enough enough.

For them.. never.. at least until the people get sick enough of it and stop buying. Which I hope happens sooner than later.

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by Dura_Ace:

It was my fault indeed for losing access to the email account that was tied to the ISP when i moved house. You are correct.

Thank you.

Originally posted by Dura_Ace:

But they also have a responsibility to help the customer.

They will help when you prove it is your account.

Originally posted by Dura_Ace:

Account name was valid, Password was valid. They can see that with the attempted log ins.

Photo of passport and all the details they wanted were provided.

The no was issued when i could not remember the exact date steam was linking with rockstar.

Out of all the authentication methods, that one could use to verify identify, they want to use that?

Obviously it is not the specific information they require to prove it is your account.

Originally posted by Dura_Ace:

When did i link accounts? That info is not even listed in steam as far as i know.

All linking, unlinking is done on Rockstar's end.

Originally posted by Dura_Ace:

No problem at all. I wont buy their games and i wont cry over the loss. I simply deleted all GTA's from my library permanently.

Problem solved.

And yet you created a thread.