Game Fraud and Scams taking the fun out of Gaming

[Vulgar Puppet Master]

No matter how big and complicated a game is, with thorough testing all of these bugs can and should be ironed out before it gets to the player. Truth is we are all game testers now. Instead of games being sold as a finished product, they are now sold as a work in progress. People are not paid to debug the product being sold to them. We are now paying for the privilege of playing a broken game while fixing it for them. How is this fair trade business? Imagine if you paid €60 to go see a film, and were shown a rough edit and asked to come back and watch it again in a few weeks when they finished it. Imagine if the film didn’t work, so they showed you a five-minute short film instead as an ‘apology’ (and no refund). Imagine if the film ended after an hour, and you were charged another €20 to see the rest of it.
The issues we’re seeing in new releases are not obscure bugs that players were unlikely to find by themselves such Pokémon’s infamous MissingNo (pictured), these are obvious errors that should have been fixed long before a release date was even announced. The rush to get games out for their release date has outstripped any attempt at quality, and it’s the player who pays for this. the ones who pre-order or buy soon after release, are the ones who lose out. They pay €60 for a broken product which may or may not work eventually. People are starting to complain about this practice, but by the time you find out the game doesn’t work it’s too late, your money is gone. The ‘Day One Patch’ is so ubiquitous now that no one bats an eyelid, but not everyone has their games consoles hooked up to the internet meaning that a game fresh from the box increasingly doesn’t work at all. Lets not even get into the loot box or gamble box scams, this practice needs to end.

[Brian9824]

PetraeusDavid の投稿を引用：

We need another lawsuit to be honest.

Yes, there are some users posting here that should definitely be sued for libel and slander.

[nullable]

PetraeusDavid の投稿を引用：

https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/full-federal-court-confirms-that-valve-misled-gamers Federal Court confirms that Valve misled gamers! “The Full Court also upheld the finding that Valve made misleading representations about consumer guarantees and that certain terms and conditions in the Steam subscriber agreements and refund policies were false or misleading.”

And you assume that was malicious behavior on Steam's part. Rather than disagreements about interpretation and implementation?

Companies run into issues and get fined all the time. Sometimes laws are written ambiguously, mistakes are made. After all human beings are involved. But if you have all these issues, maybe Steam isn't the right platform for you. Find a platform that matches your values more closely.

[SpunkyJones]

PetraeusDavid の投稿を引用：

We need another lawsuit to be honest.

FOR WHAT

[Brian9824]

SpunkyJones の投稿を引用：

PetraeusDavid の投稿を引用：

We need another lawsuit to be honest.

FOR WHAT

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