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Valve Changing Steam Reviews to Fight Bots and Review Bombing

Valve is apparently as sick of review manipulators as you are.

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Activemessiah2347d ago

Review bombing only happens when there's some kind of BS regarding the game...

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killswitch802346d ago

Not always Fan Boys and trolls review often ...that's why Metacritic is really only a 10 or a 0 system.

morganfell2346d ago

Not true. Look what happened with Titan Souls just because the devs had a disagreement with TotalBiscuit. A twitter argument and his fans review bombed the game. Fair. No, no it wasn't. TotalBiscuit can be and often is a total jerk. There are plenty of instances like that.

Damthatsword2346d ago

Valve barely get anything done on their platform. I guarantee ppl will find a way to exploit The "fix" they'll come up with.

Razzer2346d ago

Doesn’t Steam only allow reviews from those who actually bought the game?

morganfell2345d ago (Edited 2345d ago )

Yes but you can buy the game, play for up to two hours, review bomb the game at any point after 30 minutes of play, and then get a refund. You can also see plenty of reviews where people have 40 hours in a game. And then the negative review consists of one comment. Ridiculous things like "I heard this company is planning on...(fill in the blank)" People review bomb based on innuendo and rumor. utterly stupid.

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Microsoft’s Surface and Xbox hardware revenues take a big hit in Q3

Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.

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darthv7211h ago

Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.

purple10125m ago

Xbox hardware revenue tanks to lowest point of Xbox Series generation

Profchaos0m ago

I'm not surprised surface is struggling they aren't relevant anymore

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Razer Kishi Ultra Review - Remote Play and Mobile Gaming Goes XL

PSLS writes: I have traveled across the country using the Razer Kishi Ultra in airports and hotels for both PlayStation Remote Play and mobile gaming in general, and I am thoroughly impressed.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos1d ago (Edited 1d ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers20h ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken7h ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g16h ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing16h ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H916h ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola12h ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66915h ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle15h ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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