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Steam isn't an open market. You have to be selected by the community to be able to sell your game. Apparently it doesn't need to have any quality, be minimally
by TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
Steam isn't an open market. You have to be selected by the community to be able to sell your game.
Apparently it doesn't need to have any quality, be minimally functional, actually be your own work, be accurately advertised, or even be the game originally approved, though.
The last two should surely bother you. How can consumers make an informed decision when a game can have outright misleading advertising? How can consumers make an informed decision when the reviews are for a different game prior to a bait-and-switch?
- rtpg 10y agoSteam prominently displayed reviews. And there are a lot of reviews being written. There's a lot of crap on Amazon too, but reviews help to smooth things out. Not perfect, but definitely a strong signal
- minikites 10y agoGiven Amazon's growing problem with counterfeit products slipping into the system, that might not be the best example.
- exodust 10y ago> "How can consumers make an informed decision" Are you serious? You have the entire internet at your fingertips and you can't make an informed decision about a game? The amount of Let's Play and user reviews on Youtube should be enough information, but there's plenty of other opinions all over Steam forums and reviews to help you figure out whether you'll be asking for a refund or not. And that's the thing... you can simply get a refund if you don't like the game. Seems like there's a few babies around here who want to be spoon-fed "high quality games only" or else they throw a tanty.