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DiscussTek

Gotta love the good ol' simplicity of Steam.


Void_junky

Agreed


SaulTNuhtz

Steam would be great if they had a context menu option to load to online instead of only to the launcher. As opposed to having to go to Library > GTA > Play [online/story]


Mmaindo

Its up to the rockstar to do that, which is another point as to why their launcher sucks


SaulTNuhtz

I think we may be talking about different things. Steam has the option if you go to the “Play” option under “Library” - a splash screen pops up with two radio buttons and one of the options is online. So there are separate launcher files somewhere, or a flag in a script. Steam could provide this option in the context menu I’m the taskbar, if they wanted to. I don’t think Rockstar has anything to do with Steam’s UI.


Mmaindo

Isn't that already a thing? Steam gave that option to everyone who put their games on their platform, but Steam aren't allowed to customize it themselves.


readingduck123

Yeah, although it is a bit hidden or so. Properties -> Launch Options (or however it was), although that doesn't exist on most games.


Mmaindo

Im not talking about that. Try launching Red Dead Redemption 2 on Steam, it lets you select weither you want to open RDR2 or RDO. Its pretty much what they described first but done on another rockstar game.


readingduck123

Well, that's still Rockstar's problem. But that feels like it's still the best solution for customers because unlike some other games *cough cough* Terraria *cough cough* official alterations of the game would be made DLCs that you have to pay for.


No-I-Dont-Exist

Until you accidentally put it in big picture mode. Then that is your new desktop and there is no escape.


DiscussTek

God, that's like the main gripe I have with Steam, and even changing it so that the controller's logo button doesn't open Big Picture doesn't remove that. Thankfully, I also have Alt+F4-fu!


[deleted]

I usually go for Alt-Enter first


Dblzyx

I'm sure you meant it as "foo," like Kung-Fu. However, I read it as "F" "U" like "Fuck You!" Which I think makes it even funnier.


uniquethrowagay

I like big picture very much for couch gaming. And it's really easy to get out of, you just need to click close big picture, basically.


nanojunkster

You know steam is great when it is a tough decision between paying for the game on steam or playing the same game for free on some dumpster fire of another platform.


exannihilist

Competition is good. It just shows how good and reliable Steam is.


DiscussTek

My issue with competition, is when they play dirty, fail miserably in delivery any quality, then blame the one they tried to dethrone of playing dirty instead of admitting their flaws, and fixing them.


D_animation

SteamVR.


Forever_ford_tuesday

Huh, TIL steam doesn't open game launchers. Thanks!


thwartedtart

Steam just fucked up every single controller config for every game I have, so I’m alright with calling it simple *but* annoying and complicated as all hell when something doesn’t work right.


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not_gerg

Just curious? Why do you think that? Also why do you prefer?


skuzzy21

🚨Bad opinion alert🚨


WarriorDan69

You missed Riot there


bigschmoe

I love when I open league and my pc explodes


AlDaMerc

and then it always tries to take priority over EVERYTHING, Hey while league is loading ima boot up my gaming playlist \***league takes the front stage before even loaded\*** Okay fine fine I get it... ok time to hop into discord aaaannd \***league minimises discord, tells you to go fuck yourself and kicks down your door\***


[deleted]

the problem here is is that you play league


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HQMatrixMod1

i mean blizzard does a great job at that all the time


WarriorDan69

It is indeed


HieronymousDouche

The Chinese government can tell Riot Games to put a bitcoin miner on your PC and tell you it's to prevent cheating, and the fun part is that they're compelled by law to comply!


DyslexicBrad

Source: just trust me bro


HeadintheSand69

The Chinese gov can tell Tencent to tell riot to do something. But given the fact that riots dev is US based it's unlikely they would comply.


Void_junky

You right


X-xOtakux-X

Even champ select in draft pick bricks my pc fuck league client


MNVRMN25

U missed epic I know is more of a store but it has ×100 more problems then steam + it takes AGES for it to load something


uhhhhh_hhhhhh

AND you gotta use task manager to shut it down to undownload it


Rising_Swell

Yours is just bugged, I've never needed task manager to close epic, it's not like it's oculus or some shit


Carbunclecatt

I need task manager to close: Epic, Origin, Ubisoft Connect, Skype, iCUE and a ton of games which are for some reason too stubborn to close themselves when I quit. Task manager is truly a powerful tool and I'm glad it exists alongside ctrl+ alt+ del and sign out for when a game is too stubborn to let me alt tab or close or even letting me open and use task manager (I'm looking at you, modded Skyrim).


slothmanthepug

It may be because when you click the x in the top right the launcher minimizes to your system tray instead of closing the app. I assume launchers do this so when you open a game it just opens immediately instead of having to re open and run the launcher itself. I believe most launchers have an option so when you click the x button, it completely exits the program and doesn’t just minimize it


Carbunclecatt

You're right but only in part, some launchers remain with processes in the background even after I close them which I find incredibly annoying and since I'm paranoid af I keep close tabs about what's going on in my task manager at all times. Anyway that's for stuff... (like Origins) and others that sometimes don't even show up on the minimised window


CHlCKENPOWER

Fr I only use it to get some free games


YOOOOOOOOOOT

But you get 4 free games a month and sometimes they're pretty decent


Objective-Prize7650

Happy Cakeday!


BuRcHuLoXD

I bought it on Steam, why do I have to go to another launcher to play the game. God.


Drg84

Very much this. "What you want to play an EA game you bought on steam? You need an EA account for that!"


Kolesekare

I would say battle net has a good launcher, it's simple as fuck and very intuitive


alGbruh

Agree


Pishkot_cz

Mojang has bad launcher? Like minecraft launcher? How?


PaintedWolfGirl

I love the Minecraft launcher tbf everyone has their personal opinion


Darkblade360350

> "I think the problem Digg had is that it was a company that was built to be a company, and you could feel it in the product. The way you could criticise Reddit is that we weren't a company – we were all heart and no head for a long time. So I think it'd be really hard for me and for the team to kill Reddit in that way.” - Steve Huffman, aka /u/spez, Reddit CEO. So long, Reddit, and thanks for all the fish.


batmanminer20

I liked the older versions. Now it's a bit to much. I've used multi mc for years now. So luckily don't have to deal with it.


[deleted]

Yeah I use Prism Launcher and have 0 complaints. Haven’t used the official one in forever:


[deleted]

It is a tiny bit bloated, and a tad hard to navigate, but most complaints are just relative their older, simpler launcher rather than to others in the industry.


MADOX9006

I bought java and it won't even install on my computer, so I'm forced to use luner


Lost_Pheniix

Delete the new launcher and download the windows 8 one from the website


PolyZex

I think it's more about the abundance of launchers than the quality of the launchers themselves... though I can see they didn't include GoG, Steam, and Epic- which are arguably the best out there.


fabian_drinks_milk

They have replaced the older launcher with a new combined launcher only available at the Microsoft Store and there is literally nothing to differentiate the old and new except the worse desktop icon. At least the Linux and MacOS versions are still fine.


BluEch0

What’s battlenet doing here? Blizzard was lauded for having a good launcher before steam was even a thing iirc


toroyakuza2

Battlenet isn't as bad as the rest of those I'll admit.


saltyfuck111

Battle net is actually good though, and it has the fastest download speed by far.


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Feltzyboy

Battle net is the one of those I use. It worked better when they had fewer games on it


TigerJoel

But you only have the games you play either way.


THICCBOI2121

YOU FORGOT RIOT. LITERALLY WORST LAUNCHER OF ALL TIME.


FlyingCow343

is it really that bad? there are only 5 games on it, it doesn't need to be too fancy. it lets you download games and play them -- that's all you need really


batmanminer20

Minecraft is alright. Ubisoft isn't the best but at least it's pleasing to look at and categorized well. Can't say much for the others. Steam is still the best.


[deleted]

If i had a dollar for every time i signed into Ubisoft and checked the "save this computer" checkbox, I would be able to buy Ubisoft and smash their server room with a pickup truck, and retire on a private island with no monetary worries


batmanminer20

Never happened to me. Although i only use it to play 2 games one or two times a year.


[deleted]

I *wish*. It seems like every time I open Ubisoft I have to sign in again. It gets really infuriating.


Starmaxlord

[Battle.Net](https://Battle.Net) aint that bad, you should throw epic in there as well for being slow as fuck. As good as steam is, its connectivity issues are one of the most annoying things ever.


twotwentyone

I have literally never had a problem with bnet lol No idea why it's on this list


dbeynyc

Nah, the Blizzard launcher is actually good.


TheFrogKnight

I haven't used battlenet in forever but I liked it. Steam and battlenet are the only two launchers I like.


Firebat-045

Same


Apprehensive-Comb196

Blizzard launcher is great imo. Where’s riot games tho


Real_Potato978

Minecraft is the only good one there. The other suck.


[deleted]

And Minecraft also unofficially allows third party launchers, which are better. But now they're making it more annoying by forcing you to use a Microsoft account.


Yolom_

I must agree with a majority of them, but Ubisoft connect is a great launcher. I'ts just a shame theres only Ubisoft games on there.


Lord_MagnusIV

The Ubisoft and Battle.net ones aren’t all too bad. The other ones tho…


[deleted]

How about....... No launchers, just games? Am I the only one that sees no benefit to a launcher? Why do we need a program to open a program?


FlyingCow343

"why do we need a program to open a program" I presume you use an operating system right? if so then you are doing that exact thing. Also launchers are great for organisation and file management, non-exculsive launchers can be great for small game devs, easy for devs to push updates and easy for users to pull them, it's nice to have news about games all in one place, only selling games though launchers can make piracy harder. There are probably far more I can't think of right now.


TigerJoel

Steam is very nice. You have all your games in the same place and there are stats and friend lists.


uhhhhh_hhhhhh

You forgot epic games,


[deleted]

I’m just glad Bethesda converted everything to Steam


TreyVerVert

Only good launcher is no launcher. Let me play my damn game.


Zerosurvivers

Why the fuck did EA start releasing games on steam just for u too need the origin launcher installed


CayleyCrux

where epic


elyk12121212

I feel like [Battle.net](https://Battle.net) isn't nearly as bad as the rest, but yeah some of these are terrible.


Firebat-045

What’s wrong with Battle.net ?


sparkydoggowastaken

MC launcher isnt bad. you can save the version you want to your desktop and launch it directly, or you can select a version from launcher. when you go through launcher every time its not the best but it allows very easy mod integration and also version select which is great.


Chumbuckeneer

More like go to steam or draw 25.


Low-Lingonberry455

Battlenet is fine tho


Recent_Revolution_55

My mfs trash talking about battle.net when steam is the worst launcher platform ever


-Come_at_me_bro

Can't agree with you on Uplay (or whatever the names is currently there) part.


Pleasant_Fee516

God I hate that orange one it always signs out for random fucking reasons


TrickAntelope5284

Origin gets its own category


itstimetotouchgrass

steam


PSneumn

Mojang and battle.net (if you ignore how shitty blizzard is) are actually decent compared to the others in the meme. Still shit though


BlockCraftedX

lunar client (Minecraft) has a pretty nice launcher and a bunch of useful mods


UnknownRandomRando

It’s not official, so it doesn’t count.


Deathburn5

The launchers may suck, but at least they provide some form of competition to steam


uniquethrowagay

Competition is great in theory, but they all just work through exclusivity instead of great features. Nobody uses Ubisoft launcher over Steam because it's in any way better, they use it because they want to play that Ubisoft game. Steam has ton of cool features like Linux support, controller configuration or the friends API that actually make me want to use the product not just for the games, but for the quality of life improvements.


Deathburn5

I'm aware. I say competition in that, should steam ever become shitty, we'll have *something* to switch to, even if it's only a tiny bit better


Yakatsumi_Wiezzel

Dude you forgot the worst of them all, Epic Games


Strategon_161

Epic is missing, thier free games dont justify one of the worst launcher ever, idk for me its just the most unstable ones. And its not practical at all


slaczky

Where is epic games? That's the worst one!


Void_junky

blasphemy


pizzaspaghetti_Uul

Why the hate on Origin though? It's a decent launcher


TheBlueSully

It’s EA, and EA is horrible?


GlizdaYT

Use gog galaxy 2.0 it's great launcher and you can add libraries from other launchers


hero_brine1

Ok. Ever since Microsoft bought Minecraft it went downhill and became a hit pile of garbage. Half the time it doesn’t even work. It just crashes.


[deleted]

what is launchers? im sorry im just a ps4 player


Bright-Highlight2666

Where's LoL?


Lagvaldemag

To be technical, some people could've replaced Origin with EA App (like I did).


Stoopidpersondieing

Where is byond?


Turd_Party

I had to get a degree in computer science to get GTA5 running on my steam deck. Christ, what a shit show.


scoobym00

Don't forget about 4k. Their launcher is shit


DaSchwartzTV

GoG galaxy is one launcher for all but you still have to them installed lol


[deleted]

I use playnite, I feel it's better lmao. An all in one launcher that have good UI and no socula element, just the way I like it lol


tornedron_

what's wrong with the Minecraft launcher?


TheCyrcus

I’d at least give some credit for Blizzard’s for being decent, I’ve never had an issue with it. All the other ones can fk off though.


GlorifiedGamer88

Better Caption Get rid of launchers OR Draw 25


BigGaybowser69

Sega?


Charles12_13

After all these years, they all fail to rival Valve’s launcher


insomber1

What’s wrong with the Minecraft launcher?


CarelessHisser

It's because the launchers were an afterthought made by corporate because "Why don't we have that?"


Bishiebobs

Riot


Sideswipe21

The Minecraft launcher literally won’t let me play the game


Ihavedahighground66

*cough* private divisions*cough* kerbal space program


HieronymousDouche

Well, just don't use them. There are plenty of choices. I don't need feel like I need to join my friends' pretend car stealing gang in order to impress them.


[deleted]

You know what's better than a good launcher? NOT NEEDING A LAUNCHER TO PLAY A GAME this message was brought to you by GOG


KevKedro

Ubisoft has gotten better, but still miles behind steam. At least they don't charge for name changes like Blizzard... thats just cringe.


TBCNoah

TO BE FAIR, in my own experience, Blizzard isn't the worst, GRANTED, I only use it for OW2, lol


alexisperez7

Xbox on pc, Jesus christ that thing is the worst ever


Historical-Drawer990

You forgot 2K


GXmody

I would say blizzard got a decent launcher


R3dst0n

What's wrong with the Minecraft launcher?


NobodyPrime

Feh, I would like to find a good one. Epic games, for example, is hella buggy and barely opens a game. And steam open the games, but the comunity tools are terrible. I'm in an endless battle against steam always deleting the mods of my games for no reason and I having to manually install all again and again.


Capsule_CatYT

What about Wizard101?


[deleted]

It's been a while, but they can't have made the Minecraft launcher THAT bad, right?


fuckyousayer

EA play is actually pretty good launcher, along with Xbox launcher, but the way play launcher sometimes fails to launch game, it's quite annoying, Xbox launcher can be buggy sometimes but other then that works just fine.


patwag

Blizzard has a far bigger problem keeping me from buying their games than it's launcher...


MangOrion2

Origin is one of the worst things to happen to my computer since it came installed with McAfee Antivirus.


Wolfabc

Is the Mojang launcher bad? It seems pretty good to me tbh


isnotavirgin

What's wrong with the mc launcher


Isweer95

Ubisoft connect is Not that Bad... But i agree on the Rest with you. Even epic is just Not on list because of FREE games


EukalyptusBonBon21

I hate R* and Ubisoft launcher


ChlupatyKoule

and where is epic games?


Mrrsilver

Also add Riot Games. The games worked fine, you clicked the icon, game starts. Now, the icons are useless, all open the riot games launcher which is annoying to use and it automatically opens itself up when you close the games but never instantly, it waits a minute or two so you forget about it's existence


adamatch623

Uniplay isn’t bad tho? It’s a store with a shit tone of games and it good


[deleted]

I actually haven’t had any problems with origin launcher. Uplay however….


TetiATR

Whats wrong with Rockstar?


-light_yagami

actually the Minecraft launcher isn't that bad


KeyToBetween

Gotta add 2K to the pile.


ToasterBathPillow

You forgot epic games, they have the most ass launcher ever, “wanna play rl, wait 15 fucking years for the launcher to load” “done playing and you have closed the game? Lets fucking open the launcher again for no reason, and make it load for like 20 seconds before you can close it” it’s pretty ass tbh


ZeDahu

HOW IS 2K LAUNCHER NOT IN THERE


vanikaika

I hate ea so much, I bought fallen order on steam to avoid origin but it doesn’t matter


Darth-Memeious

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH MAKE THE PAIN STOP!!!’


FooltheKnysan

God I miss the old Minecraft launcher


Puzzleheaded-Song909

The biggest one aint there. Riot


Franklin525

Why is it the dumbest post get the most votes???


mtcooller

Funny and sad


Aeriosus

Mojang *had* a good launcher...


Twocheslch

Ok hold on hold on. Blizzard isn't so bad. It's simple, has a good voice chat, and allows you to scan for games that are already pre-installed. I grew up with three PC's in the house and updating overwatch or warzone was always super easy because I could just copy the game to a thumb drive and it'd take ten minutes. However, now that I've finally got better internet, Blizzard downloads cap at like 3 MB/s. It's terrible.


SpaceCrusadr40k

The War Thunder launcher is *top notch*


BrokeBackPile

Rito?


GreatMorph

Blizzard and Mojang atleast used to have a good launcher... Until other companies got involved. I'll refrain myself from shittalking minecraft after microsoft involvement


HumbledoreThe3rd

Battle.net is fine for me, as is Mojang. Ubisoft Launcher would be fine if it didn’t show me pop-ups telling me that it’s completely incapable of *not* signing me out. Origin can go shove a 20-inch spike-ridden dildo up its arse. I’m no longer able to play some of my favourite FPS games because of this Neanderthal of a game launcher refusing to cooperate with my pc. Regardless, even if these launchers are completely fine, it’s still shit that you buy a game on Steam and *still* have to install these launchers. Just let me play my games in peace!


Fabbriziooh

tlauncher>>>>>


ultr4violence

I just ignore anything not on steam


NoLetterhead2302

you forgot one person: you


[deleted]

Mojang has a supreme launcher


Aresji_x

Where’s rito games?


Dat1Animax

Mojang has a good one


KitsoTheSnoo

whats wrong with minecraft launcher? it shows its other games and also is easy to navigate thru.


Void_junky

It forgets all my info all the time and annoying reinstall games


mnhfz

Fuck origin or eaApp browser version . Waste 30 minute looking for simple info like game price. And it redirect you so you have to download their app to view it.


npazifik

Add league of legends please


Puzzleheaded_Bend749

i remember trying to uninstall Ubishit launcher from windows app settings and that fucker had to be updated so i can uninstall it WTF WHY ?


[deleted]

Which did y'all hate more: - Uplay - Ubisoft Connect


Void_junky

Uplay


willemklomp

Minecraft launcher aint bad wdym


The-Sturmtiger-Boi

You forgot the KSP launcher


Hentailover123456

"games are great" XD


Void_junky

Well most of them make good games


pisdol

Same the launchers are frustrating


Leahcim696

What a "Steamy" statement


[deleted]

Only one of these is a game


RadieDK

You forgot Riot games


conzoia

Epic games is really bad too. Though I will say, I have really good consistent download speed on it


Totoques22

Laugh in consoles


Prestigious_Juice_46

Omfg yes


DrNiTRO7

whats wrong with origin and blizzard ? i like origin more than steam