By Gerald Lynch
It doesn’t take a gaming Sherlock to spot that there are some fishy review scores knocking about on Valve’s digital PC gaming storefront, Steam. The Half Life developer has now announced plans to crack down on those looking to manipulate review scores to give their games an unfair advantage.
Review scores, of course, drive sales, and Valve believes that some developers are using shady practices to push the user-generated review scores for their titles in a more favorable direction.
“The majority of review score manipulation we’re seeing by developers is through the process of giving out Steam keys to their game, which are then used to generate positive reviews,” reads a post on the subject on Steam.
“Some developers organize their system using Steam keys on alternate accounts. Some organizations even offer paid services to write positive reviews.”
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This means that, going forward, you’ll need to have bought a game directly through Steam in order to leave a review verdict on it.
Changes will be made retroactively too – some 160 games, around 14% of Steam’s catalogue, will see their review scores change as a result.
Valve obviously has to take action – dishonest review scores can lead to ill-informed purchases for …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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