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[ManaByte]

Been wondering when this was going to happen.

They‘ll still use Bethesda.net accounts, but those will probably eventually be merged with your MS account like they just did with Mojang.

 

[AV]

There was a Bethesda launcher?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Some good news today.

 

[Warnen]

There was a Bethesda launcher?

Nailed it

 

[Stuart360]

Just as i said they would lol.
Got to love Microsofts love for Steam, they know what PC gamers want.

 

[Warnen]

Now MS what can we do about the awful windows store….

 

[Flabagast]

I hope they will bring their non Fallout games to GOG, it's about time

 

[ManaByte]

There was a Bethesda launcher?

Only way to play Quake Champions

 

[BennyBlanco]

Hell yeah.

 

[Stitch]

now do the same with battle.net

 

[KyoZz]

Quake

Whut? I played Quake Champion on Steam without problem

 

[greencoder]

But why? Are launchers expensive to run? Could release their games both on Bethesda and Steam.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I had to use it for Doom Eternal and Doom 64. Hated it.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Battlenet when?

 

[Lone Wolf]

Now MS what can we do about the awful windows store….

Find a way to integrate gamepass with Steam and I’m sure that will go away too.

 

[Calling 911 Melts Beams]

battle.net is way more iconic than steam

 

[Holammer]

Anyone actually own games there?
Now the question is how long it'll take before they retire Battlenet. Migrating its features to Steam or Windows Store might be more of a pain.

 

[Pagusas]

Find a way to integrate gamepass with Steam and I’m sure that will go away too.

Nope, thats not happening. They've actually increased the size of the Xbox PC store team.

 

[Interfectum]

battle.net is way more iconic than steam

Maybe 20 years ago... not now.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Fuck yeah.

But why? Are launchers expensive to run? Could release their games both on Bethesda and Steam.

They do, but even if they are on Steam, they still make you have a Bethesda account and log into their shits. Not having this kinda hassle anymore is good news for us.

 

[JimboJones]

Didn't they require you to sign into it on a few console games aswell?

 

[jaysius]

That thing was a fucking mess, thank fuck it's dead, RIP never come back.

It won't be long until that shitty Ubi launcher dies now hopefully.

 

[Calling 911 Melts Beams]

ms didnt spend billions of dollars to just give away 30% of bnet micro transactions and subscription fees to another company

 

[chromhound]

what year is this lol

 

[iHaunter]

Battlenet when?

I like Battle.net more than steam. But I hate Activision/Blizzard so I haven't used it for a while.

 

[R6Rider]

Didn't they require you to sign into it on a few console games aswell?

Yes

 

[hlm666]

This will be worth the 8 billion alone if it means all the fuckery with mods/modding goes away. Although it will probably go in the complete opposite direction and nothing will have mod support.

 

[SpiceRacz]

 

[Gamezone]

Battle.net launcher up next, hopefully.

 

[Draugoth]

Save Transfeering will not be available to all games

R.I.P my Doom Eternal Ultra Nightmare runs

 

[Shubh_C63]

Now MS what can we do about the awful windows store….

I still can't wrap my head around how an iconic software giant like Microsoft can make such a bad software. Isn't that their bread and butter ?
and it has been years.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Good move by Microsoft.

 

[Stuart360]

R.I.P my Doom Eternal Ultra Nightmare runs

Well it gives you the perfect excuse to play the game again.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

now do the same with battle.net

No, Battle Net is good.

I wonder if people who want Battle Net to move to Steam ever used Battle Net

 

[AJUMP23]

That is good.

 

[poppabk]

I still can't wrap my head around how an iconic software giant like Microsoft can make such a bad software. Isn't that their bread and butter ?
and it has been years.

It's a vast improvement over the piece of shit that was GFWL.

 

[Draugoth]

Well it gives you the perfect excuse to play the game again.

Im going to become a buddha if i manage to beat this game without dying again

 

[ParaSeoul]

Only way to play Quake Champions

Play what?

 

[Utherellus]

Phill effect

 

[Jaguar Victory]

Im going to become a buddha if i manage to beat this game without dying again

I want that for you

 

[VN1X]

That's fantastic news!

 

[Trogdor1123]

Could you buy games through that launcher?

 

[reksveks]

Wrong thread

 

[Bonfires Down]

Origin next please.

 

[Robb]

Didn’t even know this existed until now. But I hate that every company feel like they need their own launcher, so this is great news nonetheless.

 

[JimboJones]

No, Battle Net is good.

I wonder if people who want Battle Net to move to Steam ever used Battle Net

Crash and Tony Hawk on battle net is kinda dumb though.
I always thought Tony Hawk was on there it's not!

 

[Holammer]

No, Battle Net is good.

I wonder if people who want Battle Net to move to Steam ever used Battle Net

That's a silly argument. A vast majority of PC users must've been exposed to the service at some point. The service does not bring anything to the table, except for a great name.

I, for one will be pleased to transfer my humble Battlenet library to Steam.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Outstanding. Now my DOOM library will be in one place on PC without requiring a double dip.

 

[DonJuanSchlong]

Steam will be the place to let off steam. GG guys. We made it!

 

[Mibu no ookami]

But why? Are launchers expensive to run? Could release their games both on Bethesda and Steam.

People don't understand how involved it is to manage a launcher and it ultimately doesn't make sense to keep maintaining the launcher when everything is going to go to Microsoft store soon anyways.