Even that dumb argument of theirs falls flat once you see that plenty of games use the main menu screen as a little ad space for their own store or similar games.
Comment on Owlcat Games rolls back Owlcat Launcher on Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader after fan complaints
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks agoEveryone of them has an asshole in marketing thinking like
It’s not spam! Our players will appreciate getting news about our new games.
ICastFist@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Onyxonblack@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
Exactly! I really don’t like seeing social media crap on a game’s main menu. Puke.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Launchers are also trackers that motor where users interact with the software. Owlcat wants the telemetry data to sell as a side hustle. It’s like they don’t make games to be fun anymore; games are marketing tools.