Re: One Launcher to Rule Them All

On 25/06/2025 16:39, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

 From a personal point of view I tend to agree as launching games is
just not what I use Steam for. That's where desktop short cuts come into
play.

I actually use Steam for launching (I hate desktop clutter so
shortcuts to launch the game aren't welcome 😉. But it's not the
primary reason I rely on Steam. Its discussion groups are useful. It's
workshop is useful. It's store-pages are a hell of a lot more useful
and informative than on pretty much any other platform (GOG comes
close).
 I launch games from Steam because Steam is useful. Other launchers
will need to offer more than just "all the libraries in one place" to
make me consider alternatives (especially since I already have one
that does that: Playnite... and I/still/ use Steam).

The other thing I like about Steam is they do seem to have this attitude of continued improvement to the whole experience. The FPS display they turned into a Performance display - it's not something I'm interested in but it's nice to see features like this added that are more than just this will directly make us money.