Every game store page should have mandatory "gameplay" trailer!

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ShiZbanG 9 dic 2022, ore 19:56

A highlighted trailer of at least 30 seconds of >gameplay< should be mandatory on every games store page in the video section. This means a clip of an actual person playing and sampling a section of the game with no interference.

Instead, what we have now are games with several trailers, sometimes 6 or more videos, without even 1 hint of what the actual live gameplay is like.

The gameplay trailer should be the first video that autoplays and has a specific highlight or border to it that you can easily discern it between the other videos/trailers.

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The Commendatore 10 dic 2022, ore 7:54

I'd much rather look up a video on YouTube that shows the good and bad. The developers will only show the good side of their stuff.

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fluxtorrent 10 dic 2022, ore 8:55

Messaggio originale di RiO:
Messaggio originale di HikariLight:
Steam does not and will never have the authority to demand that.
Steam literally does have the authority to demand that. They determine the terms and conditions publishers have to adhere to to be allowed to publish anything on the platform.

Don't confuse not having the authority for lacking the incentive to wield it.

Messaggio originale di fluxtorrent:
People can argue anything they want, it doesn't make it a reasonable argument. Cinematic game trailers have been in use for at least 4 decades. No one has any reason to be "confused" by one.

If that is the case and confusion over the matter is indeed impossible - i.e. every consumer should reasonably be aware of the fact that trailers consist of faked footage - then please explain why footnotes such as "May not reflect actual game play or content" continue to be necessary to from a legal perspective protect against being found in violation of various local laws regarding false advertising.

Do you seriously believe publishers like to put a message on their trailers that advertises; "hey sorry; just going ahead with selling you a lie here..." ?

I'm sorry Rio but pointing out one of the reasons no one should be confused is not some smoking gun. Something being mandated (or best practice) doesn't change anything I said.

Try again next time. Or don't, I actually would rather you retire your "not actually a law degree".

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Start_Running 10 dic 2022, ore 9:40

Messaggio originale di Crazy Tiger:
Personally I wouldn't trust such videos. Developers/publishers are sneaky enough to show some good bits and leave the 80% tedious stuff out of them. They can easily be used to cloud peoples judgement anyway.

Yo0u mean like how shareware titles would typically frontlopad all the good stuff in the free version and the rest of the game was basically just a slough?

Then there's a matter of what is considered 'Gameplay' technically anything capture while the game is running is gameplay. Cinematic cutscenes, QTE sequences. Etc.

Personally what I consider is unedited continuous gameplay footage. and screen shots. If I don't see a HUD. I don't count it as real.

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RiO 10 dic 2022, ore 11:35

Messaggio originale di fluxtorrent:
I'm sorry Rio but pointing out one of the reasons no one should be confused is not some smoking gun. Something being mandated (or best practice) doesn't change anything I said.

I'm afraid you're missing the point wholesale.
(Probably intentionally, come to think of it - given your tone.)

So let me clarify

Your point was that no one in the current day and age has any valid reason anymore to be "confused" by cinematic trailers, because they've been around for 4 decades. I.e. because they are to be considered common-place and the people have common awareness of the practice.

My counter-argument: If cinematic trailers are so common place that the use of one should no longer be able to lead to confusion; then why are legal disclaimer still required on them? Laws regarding false advertising almost universally allow for embellishment of the truth within reason, i.e. within what consumers should reasonably be allowed to expect.

Let's assume you are correct: the practice has common awareness. Then as a consequence, it would not be false advertising to use such trailers without a disclaimer. Yet the disclaimers remain there. Why then, if not because they are still required? Because not everyone can be deemed to have common awareness of the practice of 'cinematic' aka doctored trailers?

If your argument would be true, it would lead to a logical contradiction.
Unless there are other reasons for those disclaimers to remain in place.

Ultima modifica da RiO; 10 dic 2022, ore 11:40

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