
I'm sure that these companies would respond by absolutely crippling the functionality of their game when launched this way, but I think that it needs to be possible. What I think should be mandatory is not a complete abolition of third-party launchers from the Steam store, but the ability to go straight into the game without any middlemen. Cross-play is not a valid defense for third-party launchers shoving themselves in the middle, because a wide variety of games implement it just fine without a whole-ass program between the storefront and the game.Their stupid launcher did, because it is probably trying to do a bunch of things that nobody wants. It broke games that were already working, because it's an additional point of failure.


Your non-productive and blatantly provocative reply ignores several facts.
