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Steam adding option to attach hardware specs to user reviews

Yeah, that's one of those ideas so simple you expected it to be in there years ago.

Will likely help out devs as well, if they get someone with below minimum spec acting like their game is busted, when it's just someone who can't read.
 
Good

We will finally see who plays with a toaster and who plays with a computer

Ryzen Threadripper multi-GPU workstation on the way to Steam reviews:

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At the very least, the 'product refunded' guys should also have the review removed from their accounts.

No. If someone has reasons to refund a product, that means the product has issues and a review warning others is very important.
Removing this ability would only serve to encourage scummy studios to push out even more broken, half assed games.
 
Needs to be mandatory

That is a bad idea, as it can represent a security risk.
Imagine someone with an outdated OS, such as Winnows 10 losing security updates in 4 months, or that doesn't have the latest UEFI with security flaws patched in.
In an age of AI, hackers can scrape this information and create a list of people vulnerable systems. And then just attack.

One thing is to give the choice, with the user understanding what he is doing. Another thing is to mandate such a thing.
 
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