Comment on GOG's new owner says Steam is winning due to ease of use, not quality, while criticizing the platform for releasing hundreds of games daily that are "not super high quality"

mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• muhyb@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  While I agree there are people who still buy those crap, so gotta put this here:

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  • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    And they’ll enjoy the game or refund it, since both options are incredibly easy to do.

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    • muhyb@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Of course but I meant people who buy for buying’s sake, for +1 on the badge.

      There are also some cases you cannot refund after 14 days, happened to me once.

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      • AlexanderTheDead@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Who the fuck cares?

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  • purplerabbit@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    nice slur you got there…..

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  • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It’s true, but so are those that run things. Billionaires, politicians, CEOs, they are all.

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  • NachBarcelona@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What a complete and utter idiot this piece of crap is.

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• tal@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I would guess that he’s looking for a response to someone pointing out that Steam has a larger game library than GOG.

  Like, he’s gonna say “yes, but a higher proportion of the excluded games aren’t good”.

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• M1ch431@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Agreed. Open publication, as opposed to gatekeeping publication, is desirable for creative expression in society.

  Just imagine how many great works never saw the light of day or reached completion because publishers didn’t bite.

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• ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  However they’ve banned games without reason many times. Wanting to be a broad marketplace is fine, but I just wish they were either committed to the bit or went back to curation because they had a higher density of good games back in the days of Greenlight.

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• purplerabbit@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Ah yes, the market will decide. And famously, the market has always been good at deciding.

  No, I think that’s bullshit. I think Valve should curate more of their games. I don’t think they should allow Nazi trash and fucking hate crime simulators on their platform.

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  • AlexanderTheDead@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Don’t those games largely get removed from the platform?

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  • muhyb@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Steam has more trash than games nowadays. I wish they never stopped curating games. At least to some degree even if not fully.

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