Can't write review if family shared.

[Lantis]

I'm assuming it's to avoid being able to share games repeatedly to spam reviews, but would an indicator similar to "product received for free" on said reviews at fix this? It would be real easy to see a legitimate review from a fake one with this tag as well as a low play time.

If you play a game and have an opinion on it, it shouldn't matter if you are the one who paid for it or not. Your opinion should still be valid. Like if the reason is just to avoid spam, there are far better ways to handle it than just denying shared reviews entirely.

[Lantis]

Pscht a écrit :

If you want to use a service (access to writing reviews) you pay for it.

Lantis a écrit :

Well if you want to get technical, the game in question was bought by my wife, which came from out shared bank account. I did pay for the game.

[my new friend]

Sounds like another user who will just argue for 50 pages no matter what the requirements are to write a review knowing that users can not change those requirements.
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/1747892438664041690/
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/1629663905423859851/
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/4993894146681860355/

[MoonC A T]

my new friend a écrit :

Sounds like another user who will just argue for 50 pages no matter what the requirements are to write a review knowing that users can not change those requirements.

Pretty much figured that from post #2

[Lantis]

I know what the rules are. I'm questioning them. Y'all are some toxic people.

[my new friend]

Lantis a écrit :

I know what the rules are. I'm questioning them. Y'all are some toxic people.

Then, read the previous threads on why. The answers were given to you here and they are told in those threads as well.

[MoonC A T]

How is it toxic that we're pointing out a beat a dead horse topic? A fact which you apparently choose to ignore.

[Crazy Tiger]

Lantis a écrit :

Ogami a écrit :

One of the rules for reviews is that you need to OWN the game.

Well if you want to get technical, the game in question was bought by my wife, which came from out shared bank account. I did pay for the game.

If you want to get technical, the game is owned by your wife and it's irrelevant where the money came from.

You can throw around arbitrary stuff, it doesn't change that ownership for a game on Steam is tied to an account. And in your case, your account doesn't own the game so you sholdn't be able to review it.

As I said, they should remove the review field for it. That's an oversight they still need to correct.

[ShelLuser]

Another one of those threads eh?

Lantis a écrit :

If you play a game and have an opinion on it, it shouldn't matter if you are the one who paid for it or not. Your opinion should still be valid.

Your opinion is valid, which is why you can share it on most game hubs even if you didn't buy the game.

Lantis a écrit :

Like if the reason is just to avoid spam, there are far better ways to handle it than just denying shared reviews entirely.

Like? Ever heard of the "If it isn't broke, don't fix it" mantra? Why would Steam bother to change a perfectly working concept? Just to cater to some peeps who want to have their cake and eat it as well? Can't say that sounds like a very compelling argument to me.

Not to mention that this same approach is used on dozens of webshops as well; you can't review a product unless you bought it there. Plain common sense if you ask me.

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Lantis a écrit :

Pscht a écrit :

If you want to use a service (access to writing reviews) you pay for it.

Lantis a écrit :

Well if you want to get technical, the game in question was bought by my wife, which came from out shared bank account. I did pay for the game.

And developers and Valve are just supposed to know that right? The game was not purchased on your account. Thus your account does not own it. It isn't rocket science to figure out.

Crying out "toxic" in an attempt to drown out valid criticism doesn't work here.