You create/fund a massively popular game, then you tank it so hard that Steam won't even cover for you like they normally do when a game gets "review bombed". Good job Sony.
Even with this backtrack you aren't getting that goodwill back. You could've continued selling the game for $40 almost indefinitely on that goodwill and people still would've bought your game for that even years out. But now you've made people hesitant to buy it even if it's on sale. I haven't seen a fuckup this colossal on a released game maybe ever.
tank it so hard that Steam won't even cover for you like they normally do when a game gets "review bombed".
I think steam is probably more than happy to let any publisher get curbstomped for trying to cram their third party logins or launchers down customers throats.
They might cover for other shitty business practices with "off-topic review" bullshit, but Valve likes the loyalty being the biggest userbase launcher brings, they're not gonna help anyone usurp that even a little.
The fact that Steam didn't actually remove negative reviews was real refreshing, usually these scummy fucks cover for big woke companies but this time they didn't, they also granted refunds to those who played more than 2 hours because EU/Aussie consumer protection laws (though americans have none of that shit)
i think its the pressure of the negative reviews and refunds that pressured them to reverse that decision, usually they just treat their customers like garbage and expect the people to continue as "usual" but they outjew'd their hand to the point where everyone on twitter/youtube knew about their schemes (the leaked "we are using playstation network to ban people we don't like")
though gamers precieve it as a "victory" but if i was granted a refund i'd take it leave this company to its own devices, since the "community managers" are literal trannieswho HATE gamers with a burning passion, until these subversive degenerates are purged from the company, only then and there will my faith in this company will be restored
otherwise continue to precieve them as hostile because that's usually the case, hell i bet in 2 months (or even 1 month) they'll try to sneakily add the playstation network thing again, albit with better PR
You create/fund a massively popular game, then you tank it so hard that Steam won't even cover for you like they normally do when a game gets "review bombed". Good job Sony.
Even with this backtrack you aren't getting that goodwill back. You could've continued selling the game for $40 almost indefinitely on that goodwill and people still would've bought your game for that even years out. But now you've made people hesitant to buy it even if it's on sale. I haven't seen a fuckup this colossal on a released game maybe ever.
I think steam is probably more than happy to let any publisher get curbstomped for trying to cram their third party logins or launchers down customers throats.
They might cover for other shitty business practices with "off-topic review" bullshit, but Valve likes the loyalty being the biggest userbase launcher brings, they're not gonna help anyone usurp that even a little.
Also this has potential to be mutli national class action lawsuit and breaking EU laws, valve isn't going to cover for Sony
Not even close, that's just failure to deliver, this would be like making GTA Online only available to Rockstar members after 10 years.
The fact that Steam didn't actually remove negative reviews was real refreshing, usually these scummy fucks cover for big woke companies but this time they didn't, they also granted refunds to those who played more than 2 hours because EU/Aussie consumer protection laws (though americans have none of that shit)
i think its the pressure of the negative reviews and refunds that pressured them to reverse that decision, usually they just treat their customers like garbage and expect the people to continue as "usual" but they outjew'd their hand to the point where everyone on twitter/youtube knew about their schemes (the leaked "we are using playstation network to ban people we don't like")
though gamers precieve it as a "victory" but if i was granted a refund i'd take it leave this company to its own devices, since the "community managers" are literal trannies who HATE gamers with a burning passion, until these subversive degenerates are purged from the company, only then and there will my faith in this company will be restored
otherwise continue to precieve them as hostile because that's usually the case, hell i bet in 2 months (or even 1 month) they'll try to sneakily add the playstation network thing again, albit with better PR