Stitch
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They usually refund pre-orders.
They always refund pre-orders. Well since a few days lol
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/131653-Steam-Adds-Refund-Option-for-Pre-Orders
They usually refund pre-orders.
They always refund pre-orders. Well since a few days lol
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/131653-Steam-Adds-Refund-Option-for-Pre-Orders
It is impossible for consumers to be informed about every good that they purchase. Quality control measures, whether regulated by government or industry, reduce the information burden for consumers.Put a frame around that sentence. Seriously, it's so tiring seeing people always blaming everything but themselves.
Valve shouldn't be forced to do anything. But for any business that is running their own platform, it benefits them to give the best experience they can to the consumer. Are you really saying it's a BAD thing, if Valve steps up quality control?
Wat.
I just don't get this attitude.
Here's an eight minute video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAbMBx9bZic
But if you are so worried about the game being good or bad don't impulse buy it and wait till you have more info. No one is forcing anyone to buy it day one. Be a good consumer, be informed and if that info is there right now, FUCKING WAIT till it's there.
I've said "usually" because I didn't know they've turned that into an official policy, thanks for the info =)
Because if Steam becomes to restrictive then there's less of a chance that we'll get some of the weird, yet successful, games that don't fit the standard definition of what a video game should be.
Think something like how Minecraft was years ago (I know that's not on steam), early on it didn't jive with what most people would call a complete game, and it still doesn't with some, but I'm glad it flourished. I want steam to allow risks like that even if it many Bad Rats or Guise of Wolf, or whatever.
Jesus Sterling really has a disgustingly low opinion of gamers.
Valve shouldn't be forced to do anything. But for any business that is running their own platform, it benefits them to give the best experience they can to the consumer. Are you really saying it's a BAD thing, if Valve steps up quality control?
Wat.
I just don't get this attitude.
Fair points. But it doesn't change the fact that there are devs taking advantage of this system and there is a flood of shitty games that have no business being on there under the guise that it's early access. Big difference between what Minecraft once was and games that are broken.
I don't want valve restricting games from growing into something bigger. But some adaptive quality control could go a long way.
It apparently isn't a cash refund but rather a Steam credit. As a poster on that escapist thread pointed out, it's not a refund, it's simply allowing you to cancel your pre order and put the money in your Steam account.
If you're truly in favor of letting the market decide what games to support, then why not let the market decide what platforms to support as well? Why does the logic apply to one and not the other, when the problem of visibility applies just as much to individual games as it does to game platforms?
The market has decided, Steam gets practically all of the non-F2P money in the PC gaming markets. Now, Steam is basically PC gaming.
Exactly. People recognize shit games.