After EA Scam in Battlefield 2042 I stop and never bought it in Early Access again, now not even other indie studio games I will buy because they promise and never deliver.

I have mixed feelings on this. Not sure if it is a good change or not. I'll have to think on it.

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Valve:

Playtime acquired during the Advanced Access period will now count towards the Steam refund period.

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Valve:

El tiempo de juego acumulado durante el acceso avanzado no cuenta para el plazo de reembolso de Steam.

Be aware that the spanish version of the notice says exactly the opposite, the translator probably misread "will now count" as "will not count". The article itself seems to be fine.

Cuidado, la noticia en español está mal traducida y dice justo lo contrario, el cambio es que ahora ese tiempo SÍ cuenta.

早该这么改了

Valorant Better!

So games can completely change from beta to release, and you have no recourse if you played two hours. All the more confirmation not to spend any money on the steam platform anymore.

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย ElALEX:

What?!
This only benefits the companies.

Correct. The Gaben way.

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Jack:

Seems fair enough.

Change your Early Access protocol then Steam. Make it so Game Studio's can only stay in Early Access for 12 months. Tower Unite for eg - Still in Early Access. Embarrassing. Can't request refund.

Make it fair on all levels of Steam 👍

Early Access and Advance Access are different both require you to opt in. 12 months restriction for early access is silly because every game dev is different I recommend you stop buying early access entirely. Also you can in fact request a refund for tower unite

Works on my machine

I have used the Refund option about 4 times since it started. Im ok with all time counting. Though I have always felt that the time to refund would better serve if it were 3-4 hours.
I say this because you can burn the first hour just getting the game set up and figuring out how to play it. Not all games, but some. I have hit the refund button when trying out a game and having configuration issues or something else technical and rather than trying to get it sorted and possibly getting stuck with the game. I will refund it. If I had more time in that circumstance I might have bought it instead.
Just my 2 cents. I'm ok however it goes.

This is fair, don't see why playtime during the "early access" perk you sometimes get for paying more on some games shouldn't count

no complaint here

well no more buying game just for the beta access I suppose

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Always thought this was how it worked. Good to clarify I suppose