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Gabe Newell on why game delays are okay: 'Late is just for a little while. Suck is forever.' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] darthelmet@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

I think it depends on if the bad game has enough public attention that it can get a second chance after launch. When No Man’s Sky and Cyberpunk got updated, the story was plastered all over the game news channels/sites.

Most games if they get off to a bad start, nobody gives them a second thought. How would you even know if it got better? If nobody is newly buying and reviewing it, the steam reviews won’t reflect the change in quality.

There’s something to be said for the unfairness of which of these games that botch their launch get that second chance, but it kinda is what it is. People can’t pay attention to everything.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 7 months ago

the steam reviews won’t reflect the change in quality.

Actually, Steam now does have two separate ratings. One is for lifetime rating, and the other is for recent ratings.

[-] darthelmet@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I know, but that still requires that some people give the game another look and review it. That works for games that people keep checking on to see if it’s good yet, not so much for some no name game that people don’t give a second thought to when it turns out bad at launch.

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