• SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Every single one of those reviews missed multiple warnings about the required account linking.

    They are false reviews by definition, the store had the requirements listed, and there was a splash screen you had to accept when loading the game.

    Every single one of those reviews is someone who made an uneducated purchase, they shouldn’t be defended for their willful ignorance.

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      6 months ago

      Steam shouldn’t sell products in a country where you cannot use them

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        6 months ago

        You’re absolutely correct, how many of those reviews are pointing the blame correctly? I haven’t seen a single one yelling at Steam or arrowhead for selling the game in these markets that wouldn’t be able to play the game.

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          There’s no way Steam is 100% in charge of what regions a game is available in. The publisher absolutely has a say in where, and if it was available in all regions at the start that was on purpose.

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              The company that published the game likely updated the region it can be sold in. Steam just offers a platform.

              Steam/valve is literally not to blame at all for any of this. Do you work for epic games or something?

              I’m all for putting the blame where it needs to be, but you’re just shooting at all parties involved indiscriminately. Like blaming a rental company for a death in a traffic accident because they own the car.

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                Steam/valve is literally not to blame at all for any of this. Do you work for epic games or something?

                That’s a good one. Mind if I steal it for future usage?

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                  Go ahead lol. It was the only thing that came to mind as to why you’d want to try and put blame on valve over this whole fiasco.

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                It is also wholly possible that Steam changed the availability themselves, so you can’t take all the blame away from them, but like I said originally, this is Sony’s fault first and foremost as the publisher would have first say on regional availability.

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      Multiple being TWO at most, one nestled in the effectively credits section of the Steam page which almost never contains information pertainant to the purchase of the game, and another nestled in the “Skip over this usually optional content” settings after you have already installed the game. I didnt even know this game was linked to PlayStation in ANY WAY until this whole fiasco. Its only uneducated because it was HIDDEN.

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      I’m guy buy it just to get a refund just for you

      EULA roofie-ing shouldn’t be defended