On the other hand if that does become a thing, it could just lead to forcing devs to make games that are not completable in 2 hours
You now can get Refunds on Steam
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On the other hand if that does become a thing, it could just lead to forcing devs to make games that are not completable in 2 hours
Man that sounds great. I think all of us have fallen into that trap of "it won't go on sale ever", buying the game then the game immediately going on sale the next day.
Leafhopper
Banned
Fuck me that's going to be a thing for a bit isn't it?
Well like the FAQ says if they abuse it they won't be able to do it any longer.
Rockstar Beaver
Banned
Valve customer service noticing anything.... LOL... That will take a good year for them to notice and another year to respond.
It won't because 90 percent of the people that whine about Early Access have like next to no experience with it.
Leafhopper
Banned
Depends, when did you buy it?
That's pretty great. I figured that would be the case, but having it in plain text kind of makes me laugh.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Glad to hear this. 2 hours should be plenty of time to make sure that a game works on your system.
Tabasco
Member
And Fallout teaser page is up, Dark Souls 3 rumor. E3 is in the air XD
The Cowboy
Member
.And they'll be loose about the rules case-by-case. Probably for cases like Uplay games that "run" for hours because Uplay was up, and there's achievements to show if you were REALLY playing over 2 hours, cloud saves too. Then I guess there's stuff like game breaking bugs that show up in 10 hours of play or whatever.
Zombie James
Banned
I wish that was an "or" instead of "and". So many games on my list I haven't even touched...
Backlogger
Member
Eh, I don't think that would be worth the dev time honestly. You can get the play time data from HLTB but the problem is matching their IDs with Steam IDs needs to be done somewhat manually. Even if you could write some kind of name matching script you would still need to fill in some holes manually. I don't know. For free software that seems like a lot of extra work for the dev.
MillionStabs
Banned
Well, there it is.
This would have saved me about $100 over the last few years. Most of my games with less than two hours I always expected to play again sometime, but I would have gotten refunds for Mark of the Ninja, Strike Vector, War of the Roses, Primal Carnage, Reflex, Ziggurat, Jazzpunk, and Ori and the Blind Forest.
Last year, but I made the request within fourteen days of purchase, and the title had been played for less than two hours xD
Leafhopper
Banned
Until they revoke your privileges because you refunded 4 games in one day like a dummy.
Maybe you should buy games you will play or have time to play rather than them just being cheap.
Oh. You know what? It might just work.
TouchMyBox
Member
No.
The Cowboy
Member
I like this nugget.
That will come in handy i recon.
That will come in handy i recon.
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
then came GOG. i had them return witcher 3 because i said "i wanted to buy a 980 which came with a key anyways" and they actually let me return it. so yea =/
also i never did buy that 980 =|
This is a good one:
Abuse
Refunds are designed to remove the risk from purchasing titles on Steamnot as a way to get free games. If it appears to us that you are abusing refunds, we may stop offering them to you. We do not consider it abuse to request a refund on a title that was purchased just before a sale and then immediately rebuying that title for the sale price.
Abuse
Refunds are designed to remove the risk from purchasing titles on Steamnot as a way to get free games. If it appears to us that you are abusing refunds, we may stop offering them to you. We do not consider it abuse to request a refund on a title that was purchased just before a sale and then immediately rebuying that title for the sale price.
derExperte
Member
Too bad, no more making fun of people not waiting for the daily deals.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
This needs to be a thing for PSN. I'm all digital right now on PS4, and I've got burnt from a couple of games that I thought I'd like. Now those games are just sitting there.
baphomet
Member
They refunded me something I bought over a month ago already.
I love this post. Maybe people will get lucky and this will be automated.
Two hours feels short enough to me that I don't think people will bother to do something like that. I know there are shorter games out there, but probably not a lot that you can completely and fully experience in (just under) two hours. Not to mention a game that succinct will probably not be all that expensive to begin with.
I suppose people will take advantage of whatever they can, though.
Looking at this from a "oops, this runs like garbage on my machine" or "I am not feeling this game AT ALL" perspective makes way more sense to me, which is obviously Valve's intent with it.
Thinking back on my purchases I don't think there are many games where I would have said "I need a refund". Maybe Saints Row III on my old machine, but even that was from a humble bundle anyway.
BibiMaghoo
Member
Wow, fairplay.
Take fucking note Sony.
Go ask for a refund regardless. They will maybe honor it.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
Yes please
The Cowboy
Member
I wouldn't be surprised that anything within the 14 days/2 hours usage rules goes into an automated refund system, i would bet the support staff will only deal with things outside of these 2 rules.
Chinese Cartoons
Banned
Lets hope this kills shitty greenlight games.
Ranger Taffles
Member
Great news and reasonable requirements to justify the refund.
Now can we please incorporate this for EVERY digital service, consoles included?