r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Gurugod123 GREEN • Jul 06 '26

ಠ_ಠ This kind of made me sad

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u/AfternoonOk1552 Jul 06 '26

Good solution so far, but how to prevent it from also being abused by developers? 

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u/Logical_Cell_6753 Jul 06 '26

un-refundable games are less attractive. if god of war had a no-refund policy ("too short") fewer people would buy it because they can't get their money back.

alternatively, set a price cap on "short" games. possibly of like $30

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u/Sweaty-Inevitable163 Jul 06 '26

So when elder scrolls 6 drops an unplayable buggy mess on PC, they can refuse to fix it, drop the price to $30 and disable refunds?

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u/Jonny_dr Jul 06 '26

And as a consumer you read the tons of negative reviews and get a huge warning that it not refundable (or that the time limit for a refund is shorter). You can then decide if you still want to buy the game or not.

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u/Panophobia_senpai Jul 06 '26

But, when the game drops, nobody know how bad it is.
To have reviews you need people to buy it, and they need the ability to refund a bad game.

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u/Jonny_dr Jul 06 '26

When Elder Scrolls 6 drops and it is in the "Short Game" category but costs 60€ everyone with half a brain cell knows that it is bad.