"View Game Info" - Remove or revise it.

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Jay Renketsu Apr 18, 2013 @ 6:58pm

Really, what does this function do anymore? What purpose does it even serve? Perhaps back in the original Steam days, it had an actual purpose that mattered more than it does today. You find it under the dropdown menu in your Friends list next to a friend who is currently playing a game. All it does is tell you the name of the game and the name of a server if that player is playing on a server, but what Steam games does the server info support? Probably a tiny minority if I was to guess. So this feature is probably very useless.

What's worse though, this option exists right above "View Game Hub" so I find I accidently click "View Game Info" a lot when I really wanted to click "View Game Hub" because I'm more interested in learning about the game or rather I just want to go to the store page.

I really miss the "go directly to Store Page" option (or whatever it was called) before some bonehead at Valve took it out and replaced it with "View Game Hub". I really don't care about the Game Hub or the community features, I just want to go right to the Store page for the game and system requirements! Instead it's an extra click to view the game hub first then click the button to go to the store page. That's if I don't accidently click "View Game Info" first.

Just take out or revise "View Game Info". You can keep your View Game Hub option, but please re-instate the "go directly to Store page" option. You guys at Valve surely care about making money, so how about making it as easy as possible for players to buy your games.

Last edited by Jay Renketsu; Apr 18, 2013 @ 7:12pm

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Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel Apr 18, 2013 @ 7:17pm

View Game info is still useful for the TF2, CSS, KF, and w.e. games that still uses the steam master server list.

Last edited by Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel; Apr 18, 2013 @ 7:18pm

Simon Blackquill Jan 14, 2015 @ 7:54am

Old thread, I know, but I stumbled upon it. I use it every single day in TF2, because I feel like I shouldn't barge into other people's games if they're with other friends. I like to check and be respectful.

Last edited by Simon Blackquill; Jan 14, 2015 @ 7:54am