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[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Were they not aware of the refund policy when they listed their game for sale on the platform?

[-] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 42 points 3 days ago

I guess they didn't expect people to be such freeloading assholes to play their game in full and then take back their money.

That kind of dumb people are why we have to deal with huge exploitative game companies instead of having more indie devs

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

I guess they didn't expect people to be such freeloading assholes to play their game in full and then take back their money.

Have they even given evidence that their game is significantly more refunded than any other game? Or did they see X amount of people refunding the game and declaring that they must have done it because they're evil?

[-] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Well, yea. Giving great reviews and then refunding, as one example.

As if a good review alone was payment enough

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Ah, yes, of course a single isolated example is indicative of an endemic issue /s

[-] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Single and isolated? You know that there are statistics about completion and play duration. It's easy to see how many play it fully and THEN refund.

[-] janonymous@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I wonder if the article says anything about that

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Covic said the tweet that started all of this was something of a misstatement: The 20% refund rate on Paddle Paddle Paddle is actually pretty normal for a "rage game"

So the dev is just whining on social media then because they're an entitled prick.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Doubling down on the idiocy I see. You could have avoided see me like a prick for the second time if you would just read the the whole article rather than cherry picking a bit of it that reinforces whatever random point it is you're trying to make.

he's not actually unhappy about the number of refunds or money he lost, or even Steam's policy in general—he was merely expressing frustration with players who "bragged about having a fun time with the game and refunding it after completion."

Which I think is fair enough.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

They claimed this is their stance, yet they're calling on Valve to update their refund policy to not make it possible. That doesn't add up.

see me like a prick

Ironic

this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2026
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