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Blizzard games are coming to Steam (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/games
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I guess they're giving up on convincing people to download their launcher.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't understand what the point of a blizzard launcher is - steam is already a launcher.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ads. Ads and data harvesting.

[–] thann 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

yeah, plus steam takes 30%

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The games are coming to Steam. Even if the launcher is there, Steam still gets the 30%

[–] thann 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

IDK what your comment is about, but its not a coincidence the first blizz game coming to steam is free to play,

[–] pory 2 points 11 months ago

In-app purchases, mtx, DLC, and premium currency are also subject to Valve tax for games that are on Steam. Free to play means "enough people pay $200+ that we can get away with not selling it for $50", putting it on Steam still means Valve gets a piece of the pie.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The Battle.net launcher pre-dates Steam though, doesn’t it?

Edit: guess not. Steam came out in 2003. I hadn’t heard of it until well after the Battle.net launcher came out in 2013. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] beefcat 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Battle.net actually launched in 1996, though the client as it existed back then would hardly be recognizable as a launcher/storefront today. The modern client launched in 2009.

[–] Donjuanme 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Battle.net is dead and gone. The launcher has nothing to do with battle.net and everything to do with attempting to harvest as much data as possible, bonus if you run it in the background without playing any of their games.

[–] rambaroo 1 points 11 months ago

I was wondering why it sucked so much ass. This explains it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah I just mean the launcher application. I dunno, I had it way before Steam was even on my radar though.