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GymratAmarillo said:

Yesterday with the discovery of the cross-buy icon my first idea was ok they are going to launch a PC store/launcher to offer a similar option to xbox's play anywhere but not only that, with the rumors of the Portal getting full cloud support for your owned games this launcher could also be used to offer their cloud service.
The rumors about the Portal were confirmed today so I think if they actually offer ps-pc crossbuy their main focus behind it is going to be cloud, maybe even offering what PS Now used to offer on pc.

Can't wait for pc players to complain about the existence of another launcher/store they don't need to use lol.

No one will complain if the games stay and continue to be released on Steam/EGS, while Sony provides incentives for PC players to switch to the new launcher. If you're able to carve out your own niche, like GOG does, no one complains. But if you forcibly integrate your own launcher into another launcher like Steam/EGS, where you have to be signed in and the other launcher needs to be running simultaneously with Steam while you're gaming, that's where you'll get complaints. It uses more hardware resources running multiple launchers at once, and has historically caused a lot of needless technical issues since it's also a multiple layered mandatory DRM.

Crossbuy would be an excellent incentive since Steam/EGS releases would continue to be standalone purchases, but PS+ cloud streaming exclusively through this theoretical launcher would also be a great incentive. I would switch to this launcher only for PS Studios games.