Steam Just Started A War Against Developers.

[@navi-charlotte]

against BAD DEVELOPERS. change the title >:c

[@MrJinglejanglejingle]

If it screws over corpos? Good. So long as it benefits the customer, I have zero issues.

[@bes12000]

Im all for what Valve is doing, why do people have an issue with it, it's not going to hurt customers it's going to help them, devs need to be put on notice for a lot of things, pushing woke DEI narratives, nickel-and-diming us with crap that could have came with the base game, not making any effort to support the game to add new stuff IF people are paying them for a service...etc

[@sixgunsuperman]

Now put a time limit on Early Access. There are too many games that simply never release out of early access so devs don't have to commit to a full release and can hide behind "It's in early access" if a game is a buggy mess or it was abandoned outright. We buy these games many times thinking they are nearing release, only to not be able to play the full version for years, if not longer or never at all. It's a valuable tool for legitimate devs to get feedback from the customers to make changes before full release, but it is also a mechanic that is abused too often to simply never finish a game.

[@inoel75]

Yeah, good idea! This stance might have saved us atrocities like BG3! Any irony you find is yours to keep 😉 But to be more serious - I understand what you mean, but early access is a risk and you as a customer are aware of this. That's why I hardly ever do it, unless I'm pretty sure the devs will deliver sooner or later, I wanna support this exact studio/developer, or if I can deal with a total loss for myself.

[@lancesniper]

I don't think early access needs time limit, but the total time it has been on EA should be front and center on the store page, and a timeline for developer activity. It just gives more information so customers can make informed purchases.

[@EunoiaAnrkyuk]

A war... seriously, enforcing consumer rights/laws, is now called a war, clown.

[@sackara]

I dont undertand why customers are so dumb and fell for shit like season passes. Why dont we just wait until it's out?

[@nyx3988]

"My money you won't tell me what to do", i know a guy i guess i can call him rich but his logic is dumb. He will spend a shit ton of money just to stop playing a while later, and he will do it to be as high in rankings in mmo's etc. Personally even if i would have a lot money i would probably stick to one game (as main one) and maybe play few others, except moment when friends want to play something new, but still preorders no value, wow i can play a game (probably also not multiplayer so even dumber idea) now instead of waiting 5 days no thanks, season pass with things i may dislike no thanks

[@AlphariousOmegon-d5d]

Weak minded fools, falling to FOMO.

[@SpaklesDr]

Developers are garbage these days so...fine

[@AmUnRA256]

worst comment of the day. "Developers" include indie developers, Larian Studios, everyone - so I strongly disagree

[@AlphariousOmegon-d5d]

Clickbait title! in future name your videos appropriately or you'll lose subs and be downvoted!

[@NextGen9000-v5o]

It's all about the money for Valve. They don't do this for gamers, they do this for themselves to get richer.

[@EricBarbman]

As long as they choose policies that benefit me as a customer...

[@loke6664]

While that is true, if the gamers are happy, Steam earn a lot more cash then if we are angry at them. Of course any corporation want to earn as much money as they can but in this case, there are mutual benefits for Steam and us, their customers.

[@liquidsweg4858]

i hate how much slack valve gets coz of their pre 2010 self, they jumpstarted lootboxes so hard and deserve so much shit for that

[@ShadowAngel-lt8nw]

@@liquidsweg4858 And people seemingly already forgot that they once, in conjunction with bethesda, tried to monetize mods, with the majority of the money going to the studios, not the mod creators...

[@waltblackadar4690]

Do the forums contribute monetarily to Steam? Or does it just give gamers a place to ask questions and post issues about games rather than the dev-curated Discord sites? How about profiles, groups, chat and many other features net Valve more money? If you want to argue that giving gamers a better environment gets them more business and therefore Steam gets richer then maybe you have a point but that's a win-win then. It is - by a country mile - the best, most consumer-friendly platform for PC gamers. Nothing else compares.