BoboTheMighty
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Isn't Discord already doing this?
This moves us yet one step closer to Singularity.
This moves us yet one step closer to Singularity.
I like how you only quoted part of my post there.
Does that mean that Only GOG 2.0 will run in background and when I launch, say, a game from my Steam library, Steam itself won't launch? That would be great.
I don't think so. I suspect we're a long way yet from companies unifying their DRM in that way. As I understand it, you still have all the clients, and they are launched as needed by Galaxy. Pretty much the same as some of the game organiser software already available.
So essentially one more running in the background. Not for me then. I thought that games on Steam with their own launchers were the height of insanity, but I was wrong. Now we will have GOG which will launch Steam which will launch Uplay just to play one freaking game. That's easily 500-600 MB of RAM wasted.
Calling Epic, Origin, Steam, etc "malware" is just obviously wrong, and ruins whatever point you're trying to make. They're legit software. God forbid you have to install software on your PC, I guess.
Yeah, my view is that the platform holders need to get together, and create a shared, interoperable licensing database. Then they're all free to run their own stores (a good thing, IMO), and we could choose whichever single client we preferred, to manage our entire library.
Oh no!! You mean I have to take an additional few seconds and click on a different icon on my desktop?!?
I recently installed playnite and I is an open source solution to collecting all the games from different launchers. It's quite alright.It could be good if they can pull it off. My biggest problem with multiple launchers is keeping track of all my games, especially my huge backlog. I've overcome the problem by saving the desktop icons to my desktop without having the games installed. It works for me.
The big ones are probably gonna stick around. They probably make loads of money through them, since they get all the money and can monetize however they like.My biggest issue with some of these non-steam clients is longevity. Steam isn't going anywhere. I don't know if I can say the same for Origin/uPlay/etc.
What if at some point EA or Ubisoft say "we're not getting enough people to use our client - we're shutting down"? With GOG at least - they're DRM free (I actually download the DRM free copy and make a backup even if I run/install via GOG Galaxy most of the time). Steam is the 800 pound gorilla - I can't see it going away. These others? Who knows.
I only have the games in Origin that I couldn't get elsewhere (mostly Dragon Age/Mass Effect). Uplay only has Heroes 6 & Might and Magic X for me. I don't have anything on Epic since their exclusives are timed (and I always have enough of a backlog that I wait for sales anyway before buying).
Still, it's an inconvenience at worst.
My biggest issue with some of these non-steam clients is longevity. Steam isn't going anywhere.
Yeah, I've bought a few games two times due to forgetting I already have it somewhere else. I use playnite now and always check if I got the game somewhere before I buy a game during a sale.Like the writer of this article, I also forgot I own Forza Horizon 4. Just remembered last night.
Well, this is where I think you're wrong. It might be just an inconvenience to you but for others, there might be reasons that move it beyond that. I, for one, am careful about limiting where I sign up and share personal information and purchases online (I work close to industries involving personal data and see much of what goes on in that world). So I limit accounts and ecommerce transactions when I can. Epic has made some missteps in this area and Steam, historically, hasn't been too bad in this area - certainly quite good compared to other large user-based platforms.
Obviously if that was the only issue it would be a non-issue. This has been clearly explained numerous times yet you seem to not get it. That's fine but please don't keep spreading false information.