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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's going to be a tiny minority of people doing that, but there probably ought to be a basic check to see if you got the achievement for completing the game before letting you refund it. Maybe not for YouTube rageslop like this, but for the smaller "experience" games, like Unpacking or something.

Realistically a lot of people are treating the refund system as a demo. I know on PS+ there's the option on a lot of games to play it for two hours before having to buy it. I guess the PC is a bit too open to allow for that. Could offer that by playing it in the nebulous "cloud" I suppose.

[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It seems like a pretty simple fix within the control of the publisher. If your game has less content than will fill the return window, you risk this kind of loss due to the tiny size of your product. It is a product that this market does not bear. Tolerate it or make more content before release.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

It's a game that costs £2.39.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

On sale**

$5 otherwise

[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Then it's a product that this market does not bear. They must tolerate it or make more content.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 3 points 21 hours ago

It really is a tiny minority. A handful of reviews said they did it specifically for that. That's it.