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Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic” (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

WTF. I would fucking love barebones launcher. I was holding off using epic launcher because it was so laggy and slow when it first came out. I was using legendary before, but stopped using Epic altogether. Might just give it a try again.

I'm starting to feel steam is getting bloated and plain annoying. I just want a launcher to launch a game and pair with my friends after a long day at work. I don't want a crappy browser following me around in the background. I already have a browser if I need it. We use a different app for voice so could do away with all the other bs as well.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

If all you want is to launch a game, why keep the 'launcher' at all? Games used to just... start. No separate program needed.