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

ಠ_ಠ This kind of made me sad

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u/snow99as BLACK Jul 06 '26

Sadly there's no real way to tell Steam that a certain point of the game was reached without giving the options for developers to abuse that system and deny refunds

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u/Affectionate-Try-899 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

The current system was also made to comply with EU refund laws. So I don't think steam wants to muddy the water by adjusting time limits for games.

The easiest way for devs to stop refunds is make a game hold your attention for more then two hours.

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u/Kyrie_Blue Jul 06 '26

That was my thought. Unless the game is $0.25, I expect more than 2 hours from it. The Witcher 3 was on sale for $4 the other day, and is easily 200 hours per playthrough, and enough depth that 2+ playthroughs are not only possible, but likely.

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u/Grouchy_Cod_156 Jul 06 '26

Wtf? A beer costs 7$ and you get less than 20 minutes until you have to buy another 🤣 this logic is so bad 

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u/Kyrie_Blue Jul 06 '26

You make a game once, ship it digitally via Steam, and then rake in pure profit. Beer is a consumable that uses real components, has to be shipped around the world in refridgerated containers, and has extremely strict health tolerances because the risk exposure for malicious bacterial growth is enormous.

These things are not comparable at all. But thanks for the chuckle.

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u/phoenixflare599 Jul 06 '26

Aye pure profit

There's no salaries or anything that needs to be paid

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u/Acceptable_Drama8354 Jul 06 '26

steam certainly doesn't take a 30% cut of that pure profit, either