They’d be one in the same in every lexicon on the planet if it were humanly possible. To claim that this is some kind of dismissive hostility towards devs is absurd. Two hours is fucking nothing by comparison. And obviously games under 7 days in length aren’t being driven out of the industry by EB’s overly generous return policy, either. Steam and EB games both have policies in place to thwart excessive abuse of the system as well. The end (in this case, consumer protection) abso-fucking-lutely justifies the means.
Any collateral damage to devs whose short games get ‘full-game demoed’ is just that. The only ‘implication’ of Steam’s return policy is that consumer protections matter, and that a consumer shouldn’t have to jump through a million (expensive to the retailer) tech support hoops to prove that the game doesn’t work for them, but taken on faith. That is, of course, as fucking ridiculous as it sounds. Man, EB Games’ 7-day no questions asked return policy must imply that developers of games that take less than seven days to complete don’t deserve to be paid, either. “The implication of Steam’s review policy is that those developers don’t deserve to be paid.” Not every game has to be long! A short, 90-minute experience is sometimes exactly what you need after a rough day at work, and it continues to suck that the creators of these kind of games are left hanging by this policy. I will immediately answer everyone who asks about From Day To Day, this game will not see the light of day in the near future. I am very glad that you like my games, but since I have no conditions to do something new, I have to do something else. The fact is that my game Summer of ‘58 does not reach 2 hours of playing time by Steam standards, in this regard, a huge number of returns on the game, even with positive reviews, and I do not earn anything to create a new game. That’s left Emika Games without the funds to continue work on their next game, From Day To Day, and as a result they’ve issued a statement saying they are “leaving game development for an indefinite time to collect thoughts”.įriends! Thank you for your support! I’m leaving game development for an indefinite time to collect my thoughts. As we saw back in April, when Before Your Eyes ran into the same situation, the policy means that users can buy a good short game, enjoy it then still get a refund and nobody asks any questions, leaving the creators empty-handed.
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The policy, which lets any Steam user get a full refund on a game if they’ve played it for less than two hours, means well! And if you were only 90 minutes into Assassin’s Creed Valhalla or Crusader Kings III, it would be a perfectly fair and practical way of handling the matter.įor games that can be finished in under that time, though, it’s a huge problem. But as a short experience - it can be completed in around 90 minutes - that’s left the game vulnerable to Steam’s blanket two-hour refund policy.
Summer of 58, released last month, has been well-reviewed on Steam, with an overall “Very Positive” rating and loads of fans leaving nice comments, giving particular praise to its atmosphere and jump scares.
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