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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by lowbloodsugar on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @01:05PM (#29983127)
I'm having the opposite experience. I dropped probably $400 on games over the holidays and found three games I wanted to play.

I used to make games, so I hated when people used GameStop because it avoided the developers getting any money. But now I'm thinking that GameStop would be great, because most all but three of the games I bought just suck.

These online-purchase-only systems frankly need a one-hour refund policy. So many games where the controls are just jank (like 100% janky). Like everyone looked at Celeste and thought "This game is good because it's hard" instead of "This game is good because it rewards skill". I'd rather play Celeste and Returnal than these other utter wastes of hard drive. I only made it through Unsighted because you can make yourself invulnerable: fun story, fun ideas, fun levels, jank combat.

Bah humbug.

Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by enkid on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @02:17PM (#29984271)
Doesn't Steam offer refunds for he's purchased within 48 hours or something?
Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by baud147258 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @07:39PM (#29988322)
Steam's refund policy is no question asked within 14 days and less than 2 hours of playtime.
Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by lowbloodsugar on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @02:19PM (#29984306)
I'll check that out. Most of 'em were PS5, and once you download them you can't get a refund.