Comment on Does the 2 hour refund limit on Steam affect game design?
tal@lemmy.today 1 week ago
The other elephant in the room is if steam refunds are meant as a demo for everything or just to check technical issues like FPS and network connection issues
I’m pretty sure that the refund window isn’t primarily intended to create an ad-hoc demo of games, but to let you return a game that doesn’t function correctly on your system.
Game developers who do want to create a demo can (though I’ll admit that it’s a less-common route than one might expect).
I usually read review content, maybe watch a YouTube video of someone playing the game if I want to see gameplay.
TyrianMollusk@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I’ve seen many devs cite the refund window as why they don’t need to bother maintaining a demo. They’re wrong about not needing a proper demo, but people definitely do treat the refund window as a demo phase, not merely a technical test.
MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Cracked versions are the real demo 😌