Steam - Refund Policy Changed

[Couchpotato]

It's already being abused by PC gamers. Didn't take to long did it.

Link - http://www.dsogaming.com/news/indie...m-pc-gamers-show-graphs-to-back-their-claims/

Can't wait to see more indie developers lose money in the following months.

 

[ChienAboyeur]

Surely, the ease given by this policy to get refunded cant explained a surge in $2 refunds.

 

[Ripper]

I remember when we used to get demos of simple games on the covers of magazines. It didn't kill them. I'd rather have the right to refund games, and indies adjust to making games with more than two hours of appeal.

 

[Sacred_Path]

not indicative of true sales, just like piracy.

 

[Wisdom]

I know steams official policy has been "no refunds" but they have always been pretty reasonable when it comes to the individual.
Even though Steam is my last resort for games, I have gotten 6 sizable and 2 minor refunds over the last 3 years.

Edit : Also, frontloading of games has been around forever. One of these days I'll get around to finishing my article on the irrelevance of game play length.

 

[lostforever]

Bit of necro but this is an interesting article. It seems that after 2 months, only 0.7% were refunded due to the new steam refund policy. So it doesn't looks like it has been abused…

http://www.pcgamesn.com/steam-refunds-what-developers-think-two-months-later

The worry bit is that steam has only sold about 2.5 million games total in the last 2 months. Seems bit low?

 

[zahratustra]

Games are always front-loaded.

Not always. TW3 isn't.

Edit : Also, frontloading of games has been around forever. One of these days I'll get around to finishing my article on the irrelevance of game play length.

An article? Here it is in just one sentence: length doesn't matter, quality does.

 

[joxer]

Here it is in just one sentence: length doesn't matter, quality does.

Am I on a site about games or something else?

 

[crpgnut]

If a guy says length doesn't matter, he's selling himself short

 

[zahratustra]

I just KNEW I could count on you guys...