It's time to punish developers who don't optimize their games.

[G-sai]

At the moment, only Steam can force developers to approach optimization more responsibly.

The launch of the new Monter Hunter has finally convinced me that some developers don't care about their audience at all. It is simply not acceptable to list frame generation as a recommended option.

This technology was created FOR CONSUMERS. Not for lazy developers who don't care about players!

[HikariLight]

Maybe don't buy on day one?
Buying on day one is the main issue with this.
Also everyone assumes that their computer will run the game with their current settings, when that might not be the case.

[DarkCrystalMethod]

You could contact the devs and tell them whats wrong and what you want done about it.
Valve/Steam doesn't have to do a thing unless perhaps the game is broken or is secretly mining bitcoin or doing other non-game things.

[G-sai]

Originally posted by HikariLight:

Maybe don't buy on day one?
Buying on day one is the main issue with this.
Also everyone assumes that their computer will run the game with their current settings, when that might not be the case.

Players like you are the main reason why developers are so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ nuts that they release a RAW ALPHA instead of a full-fledged game on release!

Why the hell do you even think that when you buy a game for 70 DOLLARS it should be in ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ALPHA TEST.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by G-sai:

It's time to punish developers who don't optimize their games.

At the moment, only Steam can force developers to approach optimization more responsibly.

The launch of the new Monter Hunter has finally convinced me that some developers don't care about their audience at all. It is simply not acceptable to list frame generation as a recommended option.

This technology was created FOR CONSUMERS. Not for lazy developers who don't care about players!

Join... https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/601897629488543366/

[wesnef]

You "punish" developers by not buying their games. /shrug

[Komarimaru]

Just don't buy it, if can't run it well. Myself and others have no issues, we tested in all the betas and benchmark beforehand so as to know what settings work for each of our systems. And it still looks and plays better than on PS5 Pro.

[nullable]

Originally posted by G-sai:

It's time to punish developers who don't optimize their games.

Time? You've had the power the whole time, it's called "don't buy their game".

Newton Crosby PhD doesn't know this?

Originally posted by G-sai:

Players like you are the main reason why developers are so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ nuts that they release a RAW ALPHA instead of a full-fledged game on release!

Why the hell do you even think that when you buy a game for 70 DOLLARS it should be in ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ALPHA TEST.

It's just too bad you don't control the hearts and minds of gamers...

No wait, thank god you don't. Dodged a bullet there.

[ペンギン]

Originally posted by G-sai:

At the moment, only Steam can force developers to approach optimization more responsibly.

The launch of the new Monter Hunter has finally convinced me that some developers don't care about their audience at all. It is simply not acceptable to list frame generation as a recommended option.

This technology was created FOR CONSUMERS. Not for lazy developers who don't care about players!

Fight for legislative regulations that significantly change the whole business model in favor of consumers and strengthen their rights. Depending on the location, it will be somewhat difficult, because of jurisdiction. Regardless of this, the topic does not only concern games.

[Piston Smashed™]

Really a PC game with poor performance and optimisation what ever next...

[Amaterasu]

No, the time to affect change in the games industry was 20 years ago.

[Chika Ogiue]

Originally posted by G-sai:

This technology was created FOR CONSUMERS. Not for lazy developers who don't care about players!

Stop CONSUMING everything the second it drops, and start ENJOYING it once its aged instead.

Don't buy day one just because the hype train gave you FOMO. And always keep in mind that games are a luxury. They aren't a human right, they aren't made just for your specific hardware -- unless that is, you've opted to buy the latest console -- which if you're constantly having issues running new games, might be more up your street anyway.

Besides that, Steam was originally created by and for a very specific famously lazy developer.

[Knee]

Originally posted by G-sai:

Originally posted by HikariLight:

Maybe don't buy on day one?
Buying on day one is the main issue with this.
Also everyone assumes that their computer will run the game with their current settings, when that might not be the case.

Players like you are the main reason why developers are so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ nuts that they release a RAW ALPHA instead of a full-fledged game on release!

Why the hell do you even think that when you buy a game for 70 DOLLARS it should be in ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ALPHA TEST.

Players like the one you replied to, that doesn’t give their money to developers until they’re certain the game runs well enough on their PC, is responsible for games that aren’t optimized? Not the people who buy games first and ask questions later? Did you bother to think any of this through?

[Romano338]

And don't you think players can do that? If players didn't jump straight on a game day one and waited a bit for some reviews.
But it's easier to ask someone else to do your job.

[76561198407601200]

Originally posted by G-sai:

Originally posted by HikariLight:

Maybe don't buy on day one?
Buying on day one is the main issue with this.
Also everyone assumes that their computer will run the game with their current settings, when that might not be the case.

Players like you are the main reason why developers are so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ nuts that they release a RAW ALPHA instead of a full-fledged game on release!

Why the hell do you even think that when you buy a game for 70 DOLLARS it should be in ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ALPHA TEST.

And it is players like you who purchase games prior to research that fund those same developers you are so fond of.

[Wolfgang]

The experience should tell you that buying a game day 1 is a bad idea to do. Even I learnt my lesson with the disaster launch of Pokemon Scarlet/Violet.