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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  This encouraged others to post further reviews and comments related to Kirk (and not the game).

  Do we have any proof those reviews were from people following that curator? I imagine that information has also been posted elsewhere online.

  Do you think off topic reviews or curator recommendations should be allowed for things you approve of? Say if a review points out the developer is a secret fascist?

  Yes, I also blame the poor indie dev who barely gets enough money to keep existing

  Oh please, moderating a forum unpaid for 5 mins every now and again is so easy it’s how this whole platform and Reddit function. If you’re truly an indie dev without the resources to moderate your own space, Steam allow you to simply close the forums and forbid discussions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag — what it reveals⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Phil Spencer merely did what his higher ups told him to do, she will do the exact same except caring less about video games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox’s leadership shift proves it: the gamer era is over, AI runs the show now⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  There wasn’t ever a time you could build a better or even comparable PC for the same cost as consoles in modern gaming history. It’s always been something with a higher entry cost and the cost benefit coming over time with cheaper games and no mandatory subscription.

  Yet PC gaming is now the “mainstream”, with it being the biggest platform globally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Some games have been targeted by Steam curators

  Curators are hidden by default, only people who follow the curator see curator recommendations. They also don’t affect store visibility or the review score in any way,.

  The problem is not even that Steam forums are a cesspool

  Steam leaves moderation of forums to the developer/publisher to moderate as they wish, as if they interfered you bet they’d get complaints about Valve stepping on their toes. If a developer/publisher decides they want to allow hatred in their Steam forums, you should probably blame them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Both act like Steam currently, they don’t have paid moderators but leave it to communities to moderate themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Social media is an apt comparison, as Steam is at the size where human moderation isn’t really viable so they’d have to use AI like everyone else in that space.

  And I’d rather a few anti-woke weirdos shout into the void than have to type “unalive” in the Steam forums.

  Not to mention if Valve moderated every game developers would complain about Valve stepping on their toes and moderating their forum in a way they dislike.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Steam discussions can be moderated in any way a developer/publisher wants though? Their choice to not do so is weird to blame Valve for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remedy's new CEO is a former sports betting guy and EA executive who aims to 'scale Remedy in a way that builds lasting value'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  From what I understand Epic gave them a blank check for the development of the game, which is great when it comes to developing that game for the creatives involved.

  But they did expect some sales revenue after release so they could develop other games and because Epic aren’t a very good publisher (not just in the forced EGS exclusivity, but the lack of marketing and physical console editions) their business plans likely got very shaky.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Global Offensive is still playable (at least the core gameplay) in the csgo_legacy branch of CS2 on Steam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Valve being sued for almost $900 million, but Epic Games wasn't sued when they bought Rocket League and Fall Guys to remove them from steam?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem there comes from Epic taking secret deals to settle those cases instead of let any precedent be set that would actually benefit customers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Valve being sued for almost $900 million, but Epic Games wasn't sued when they bought Rocket League and Fall Guys to remove them from steam?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They could still compete on I don’t know, features, quality instead of anti-consumer practices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Valve being sued for almost $900 million, but Epic Games wasn't sued when they bought Rocket League and Fall Guys to remove them from steam?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But Steam didn’t kill the idea of ownership of games? It never existed for digital distribution (or even physical with DRM), which existed before Steam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU lawmakers to study ban 'loot boxes' and other addictive features in video games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Luckily for you, there’s more games without any loot boxes or micro transactions than you can play in your lifetime.