• kn0wmad1c@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    Everyone is mad about this but I still don’t understand how RDR2 was even nominated for Labor of Love, let alone won.

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      10 months ago

      Valve loves money and it clearly shows. The steam awards just became an advertising tool, people in Valve had to write the paragraph about the game.

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        10 months ago

        They do like money, but Valve also loves providing a service to people.

        Nobody uses Epic Games, Origin, Ubisoft Connect, or Battle.net because they want to, they use it because they have to.

        Steam Awards is a bit janky sure, but to say that their inability to run pointless awards properly ruins the convenience and value that Steam brings to its users would be a gross overstatement.

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          10 months ago

          No they don’t care about the service, we should be able to play games without steam client, we should be able to resell digital games, developers should not had to pay $100 non refundable fees to upload one game each time, etc.

          Steam cares about money, it’s just that simple.

          • BobGnarley@lemm.ee
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            10 months ago

            Are you able to resell digital games on Nintendos platforms? What about playstation or xbox? Wow, no you say?

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            10 months ago

            They’re a business, not a charity. OF COURSE they care about money. What’s nice is that they do it ethically and in a consumer-friendly way.

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    10 months ago

    Even if it weren’t for all of the problems the game has it’s hardly innovative. I don’t think a Bethesda game has been innovative ever. They didn’t even invent the fallout franchise.

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        10 months ago

        It’s interesting to keep in mind the basically no one who worked on that game still works for Bethesda.