• talentedkiwi@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Because I bought the game? (Well I suppose it’s really renting it now)

    Why should it matter which launcher I use? It says I need a battle.net account so I don’t see why it wouldn’t just work since they know I already bought it.

    • Brawler Yukon@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Why should it matter which launcher I use?

      This is answered in the OP article itself:

      Why don’t some publishers do this? The reasoning is pretty simple really: Valve take a cut of all sales on Steam, including DLC and micro-transactions. So if you purchased directly before, publishers will want to keep you there so any extras you purchase don’t get a cut eaten by Valve.