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[Gamezone]

Their new launcher.

https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/rockstar-games-launcher

Earlier this year:

While Take-Two chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick is happy that Epic Games launched its own store, he doesn’t see Take-Two Interactive doing the same thing for its popular titles, nor does he think exclusivity agreements make sense for the company.

“If you have a powerful enough game line-up you can narrow your distribution and not leave anything on the table,” Zelnick told Variety. “But consumers like to shop where they can buy a multiplicity of things.”

Take-Two Unlikely to Create Online Game Store, Will Go Where Gamers Are

While Take-Two chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick is happy that Epic Games launched its own store, he doesn't see Take-Two Interactive doing the same thing for its popular titles, nor does he think exclusivity agreements make sense for the company.

variety.com

 

[GHG]

RDR2 PC version incoming.

It will be exclusive to whatever piece of crap launcher this is.

 

[LostDonkey]

I think im just gonna go back to consoles next gen I cant be fucked with all these launchers its bollocks.

 

[LOLCats]

bleh!

 

[Birdo]

I'm so glad I left PC gaming a few years ago

 

[EverydayBeast]

R* needs its own launch with its own batch of AAA masterpieces.

 

[SurprisedPikachu]

PC gaming community has more fucking drama than a high school drama club, but I'll be damned if I go down without a fight. Twinkletoes ain't got shit on me.

 

[JORMBO]

Launchers for everyone.

 

[Gamezone]

This doesn't necessarily have to mean anything. Didn't we have to launch GTA trough another launcher before?

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

RDR2 PC version incoming.

It will be exclusive to whatever piece of crap launcher this is.

yup :/

Launchers for everyone.

yup :/

 

[SirKicksalot]

This doesn't necessarily have to mean anything. Didn't we have to launch GTA trough another launcher before?

Yes, it's like the EA Downloader -> Origin thing.

 

[ResilientBanana]

So who's boycotting this one?

 

[Gamezone]

Yes, it's like the EA Downloader -> Origin thing.

Origin has exclusives. The Rockstar Social Club didn't.

 

[FranXico]

 

[a multicultural team of v]

MORE LAUNCHERS Kreygasm

 

[AntiCap]

At least it'll beat logging into Steam, running <game>, being prompted to log into Social Club, doing password reset, and then just deciding playing something else entirely.

 

[TheShadowLord]

rockstar doesn't have enough games to warrant their own launcher. 2K or Take2(2K games and Rockstar games under one launcher) do however.

 

[Memorabilia]

This bullshit makes console gaming and piracy look good.

 

[Von Hugh]

How about a launcher to launch launchers?

 

[Jaxx_377]

I know I am going to sound friggin stupid right now but I haven't played games on PC since the 90's and I have no Idea what a launcher is. You can't just turn on your PC and play these games you have to log into a service to play them???

 

[SGRU]

So glad I left PC gaming for good.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

How about a launcher to launch launchers?

That's kind of what GOG Galaxy 2.0 is. We've gotten to a point where that's not even a joke anymore :-/

 

[Trogdor1123]

So, when do we start to see these launchers start to fail? It must be soon, no?

 

[baphomet]

People acting like literally double clicking an icon is so much work.


Bunch of fucking whining children

 

[Gamezone]

People acting like literally double clicking an icon is so much work.


Bunch of fucking whining children

How many times do I have to double click to get the Steam features?

 

[Virex]

How about a launcher to launch launchers?

I'm going to create a Steam for launchers. That is if Epic doesn't buy launcher exclusivity as well.

 

[Kiriseki]

I don't see anything wrong with first party launchers like this, ubisoft, origin, etc, despite the obvious lack of general consumer features. It makes sense for companies to want to sell their own games on their own terms, but people shouldn't be upset about this just because EGS, a storefront that is way more than just first party games, is being scummy at every turn.

 

[mortal]

Mildly inconvenient at worst, hardly that big of a deal imo.

On the bright side, this might be indicative of forthcoming RDR2 PC announcement.

 

[Ivory Blood]

How about a launcher to launch launchers?

GOG galaxy 2.0 already exists. It does launch a launcher before launching a game.

 

[ipukespiders]

I heard you like launchers

 

[Pejo]

Fuckin'-A R*, not you too.

*edit* - I think I see why this one pisses me off. Ubi and EA, even though I hate their launchers, have a huge catalog of games on offer on their respective platforms. What does R* have? GTA, GTA Online, and (maybe) RDR2? I mean they make great quality games, but there's only a new one every 5-6 years.

 

[ethomaz]

Imagine 50m or more copies not paying 20% to Steam or 12% to Epic Store.

There is no way Rockstart won't release it own launcher.

 

[Stitch]

but they already have a launcher...

 

[Dontero]

This doesn't necessarily have to mean anything. Didn't we have to launch GTA trough another launcher before?

Yeah rockstart club. You even have to launch it even if you have steam version much like you launch Uplay when you play Ubisoft titles.

Dear Steam fanboys. What happened to "developer releaseing their games on their own is different than games being Epic exclusive which is why no one says anything about it"

 

[Katsura]

But will it have real money casino games to play while i'm downloading a 50gb patch?

 

[Arimer]

rockstar doesn't have enough games to warrant their own launcher. 2K or Take2(2K games and Rockstar games under one launcher) do however.

Didn't stop Bethesda.

I feel like we're in the phase where every company makes a launcher to save that money, people eventually get tired of it. Someone makes a single item that does it all and we repeat the process. It's like where we are with streaming tv where now its all splitting so you need 40 different ones again and soon the "cable package" will make a come back.

 

[TheShadowLord]

Didn't stop Bethesda.

Well, Bethesda actually publishes games almost every year or so.

 

[Holammer]

Rockstar can get fucked, if they release RDR2 on that thing I'm going to pirate, and I haven't done so for over a decade.
What next? The PUBG Game Launcher?

 

[Gamezone]

Didn't stop Bethesda.

I feel like we're in the phase where every company makes a launcher to save that money, people eventually get tired of it. Someone makes a single item that does it all and we repeat the process. It's like where we are with streaming tv where now its all splitting so you need 40 different ones again and soon the "cable package" will make a come back.

Bethesda released Wolfenstein Young Blood and Rage 2 on Steam, and they also plan to release Fallout 76

 

[zeorhymer]

But games are going to be cheaper!

rockstar doesn't have enough games to warrant their own launcher. 2K or Take2(2K games and Rockstar games under one launcher) do however.

Are they willing to lose possible millions of online players and shove them to a new launcher to re-build their community again? I think they have to start with RDR2 for their online stuff and then the next iteration of sports will end up on the store.

 

[rofif]

Glad I've finished rdr2 already on ps4.... so I won't have to buy it on their store and create account there

 

[Gamezone]

GOG galaxy 2.0 already exists. It does launch a launcher before launching a game.

GOG Galaxy 2.0 is great. If they keep adding features and it become as widespread as Discord I might just give a shit about launcher hell at some point.

 

[Gamezone]

By the way, their launcher doesn't work in offline mode, according to Reddit.

 

[johntown]

Glad I don't really care for Rockstar games. This is getting about as bad as the video/TV industry now with every new show launching exclusively on its own service. Seems PC gaming is heading in the same direction and Steam is like the Netflix of gaming.

Highly considering going back to consoles once PS5 launches as this is just getting ridiculous.

 

[Bkdk]

It could be possible that they would only be interested in porting RDR2 online to pc. The single player campaign might not even be included.

 

[iorek21]

Don't really care about Rockstar, better than put it on Epic..

 

[PhoenixTank]

Fun fact, GTA 5 on Steam just installed the Rockstar launcher for me (as an upgrade to the social club). Bait and switch like Ubisoft did with Uplay a few years back. Ugh.

 

[Hinedorf]

So the PC consumer has 2 choices, become a pirate or stop crying. I'm not advocating one way or another but the large number of people acting like another launcher is worth stamping feet over it's a little late into that game.

Threatening to go back to console? What the actual fuck type of statement is that? I'm of the mindset I'd much rather Rockstar do their own thing separate of Epic.

 

[Barakov]

Oh goody. Another launcher. They only release a game every 6-7 years so it's not a big deal. Seems like it's a bait and switch like Ubisoft did.

 

[Slings and Arrows]

I remember when there was loads of different TV stations offering different shows.

Then sky came along and put the under one roof.

The Netflix, Hulu, NowTV, Amazonprime, came along and Disney started to put them all under one roof...

The same will happen here. These launchers will be profitable as separate entities for now, but in a year or so, they will all come under one roof, as it will be more profitable.

Business, Business never changes...