• deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    19 hours ago

    Less work than making a demo, customers might forget to ask for the refund, and all the customer service is free because Steam automates it.

    Makes lots of sense for developers.

    As a customer, I’d still prefer a demo.

    • StillAlive@piefed.world
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      14 hours ago

      Steam has had couple of demo fests recently so I guess someone over there felt the same as you did.

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      15 hours ago

      This might fall under “less work than a demo” but far too many games that do have a demo, the devs don’t bother keeping it up to date.

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      18 hours ago

      Until the refund fees become too much to be supported (and it will be because I don’t see more payment processors going by, if anything,we have less and less because reasons), that is basically the stance on this subject yes