2K removes its pointless launcher from Civilization 6, while also announcing that Civilization 7 players will never have to suffer launching the game twice for no reason

UlyssesT , 29 minutes ago

rip-bozo

Rentlar , 1 hour ago

The launch option menu similar to below fulfilled the purpose of the 2k launcher and more. The launcher only served to waste our time. I hope rockstar games will get rid of their launcher too for GTAV.

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deepfriedchril , 52 minutes ago

Did I hear a rock and stone?

MentalEdge , 39 minutes ago

Rock and stone!

!drg

JusticeForPorygon , 2 hours ago

EA should take notes

They won’t, but they should

originalfrozenbanana , 2 hours ago

Idk if this is “a reason” but leaving the launcher running without actually playing the game does count as playtime for steam, which may result in folks not being able to refund it if they don’t like it, and increases overall hours played.

Whether that’s part of why these games have useless launchers, or whether those things actually pan out that way, who knows.

glitchdx , 2 hours ago

Launchers also generally act as advertisements for the publisher’s other games.

rockSlayer , 2 hours ago

I don’t think that’s part of why they do it. I’m an avid civ 6 fan, and I can say that the launcher is pretty unobstructive. Between launching from steam and launching from the 2k launcher, it takes about a minute. It’s likely to collect data, but honestly the only useful data they’d get is the pc hardware, the length of play, and common mods. 2k probably saw that they weren’t getting sellable data and decided to scrap the idea, honestly it’s probably the only decent thing the company has done in years.

Markaos , 1 hour ago

The data collection can just as easily be done by the game itself, the launcher doesn’t have any special privileges

Vilian , 48 minutes ago

It’s likely to collect data, but honestly the only useful data they’d get is the pc hardware, the length of play, and common mods

Are you sure that they don’t look at every folder in your system for imagens etc?

hexaflexagonbear , 42 minutes ago

Maybe, but for Civ 6 specifically the launcher came out a few years into the game’s lifespan, so I’m not sure they were doing it for whatever marginal revenue benefit that would be. I imagine selling DLC without Steam or whatever storefront getting a cut might be a motivating factor.