Oggi
Valve ha rimosso
173 giochi "
fake" da
Steam, rendendoli non più
acquistabili. La stragrande maggioranza era sviluppata da
Silicon Echo Studio o da
Zonitron Productions, che si è poi scoperto essere la
stessa compagnia, la quale usava la tecnica dell' "
asset flipping", ovvero
sviluppare giochi che includessero solo
asset gratuiti o acquistabili, senza aggiungervi nessun tipo di
lavoro e
originalità. Il
profitto di questi ultimi derivava dalla percentuale che l'azienda riceveva dallo scambio delle
Carte Collezionabili di Steam, solitamente acquistate da chiunque volesse aumentare il proprio
livello dell'
account Steam spendendo poco (attraverso il
crafting delle
medaglie). Per chi li avesse acquistati, i giochi
rimarranno comunque presenti nella vostra
libreria, ma non potrete più ottenerne le Carte Collezionabili. Di seguito l'
annuncio di Valve:
Yes, we have a full-time team monitoring reports and they identified an issue that lead to the removal of some titles from a few different Steamworks accounts. These accounts were generating a lot of reports and frustration from customers and other developers. It turns out that the bad actors were all the same person operating under different accounts.
What we found was a set of extreme actions by this person that was negatively impacting the functionality of the store and our tools. For example, this person was mass-shipping nearly-identical products on Steam that were impacting the store’s functionality and making it harder for players interested in finding fun games to play. This developer was also abusing Steam keys and misrepresenting themselves on the Steam store.
As a result, we have removed those games from the Steam Store and ended our business relationship with them.
The Steam platform is open, but we do ask developers to respect our customers and our policies. Spamming cloned games or manipulating our store tools isn’t something we will tolerate. Our priority is helping players find games they will enjoy playing.
Fonte: Polygon
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