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Amazon's previous VP of Prime Gaming said they "tried everything" to disrupt Steam (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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

Yes, a bug is a bug is a bug. EA doesn't care about this bug and hasn't fixed it in years. I would not be encountering this bug if they didn't insist on a second launcher.

If the broken part was the main menu you'd be just as boned.

Yet the main menu works fine, and it's only the second launcher that's boning me. It's well known that the more code you have, the higher the chances of a bug.

And yes, they should fix it. And if they don't you should get a refund.

Which would leave me the option to buy the DLC for a higher price from EA, or not play at all. Amazing, this second launcher is really helping me!

Because you're not blocked by having a launcher, you're blocked by having a broken one.

But I haven't encountered such issues with Steam. It's the opposite, Steam is actively helping me to make games more playable. Other launchers are making them less playable, because the companies don't care.

My issue is the second launcher, not any random bug.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean, I have. Spider-Man 2 crashes on boot for me. No second launcher there. Ironically this is the game where they took out the obligation to sign in to PSN. Go figure.

I mean, sure, they could take out all the features that are crashing, but my problem isn't with the rendering features, my problem is my game doesn't work.

You are conflating having a bug in the launcher with the launcher being the problem. This just doesn't follow. What is a problem is having a gamebreaking bug in a game that you're selling to the public.

I'm not gonna repeat myself any further. You get my point, you're fixating on this to make a fanboyish argument for Steam, I get it. No need to keep going around this loop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You are conflating having a bug in the launcher with the launcher being the problem.

The second launcher is my problem, because I don't get any choice whether I use it, and EA obviously doesn't care whether it works.

You get my point, you’re fixating on this to make a fanboyish argument for Steam, I get it. No need to keep going around this loop.

Keep licking those boots, surely it will pay off one day :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

That is a weird last line in a conversation entirely predicated on whether we each think that Valve having a monopoly is a good thing.