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| Topic | Steam gives up trying to think for you..... |
| Joker_X_II 06/07/18 8:02:05 PM #46: | darkknight109 posted... Worth noting that this was the exact situation that led up to the Video Game Crash of '83. If another crash were to happen, it'll probably have more to do with too many AAA games pushing micro-transactions as the only way to play. There was a lot of financial backlash with EA's Star Wars: Battlefront 2. And Red Dead Redemption 2 is already seeing controversy with it's pay2win features in their deluxe editions of the game. Crap like that will crash the market. The "Crash of '83" used up too much plastic and packaging for the hardware, which had always jacked up the retail price to begin with. Today, the impending crash in the near future would probably leave all the indy developers jobless, or living in their parents basement trying to peddle their a Peggle clone as another cheap mobile app. adjl posted... Selling bad, offensive games on Steam is rapidly approaching meme status, and Valve just gave that carte blanche to continue at a point when they ought to be cracking down and doing some real quality control. Vote with your wallet,....that's the best you can do. --- PSA: "Real Gamers*" don't pay for Micro-transactions. *Pro-tip: You're not 'playing' the game, if you're paying your way through it. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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