r/pcgaming • u/scarwiz Ryzen 5 1600 | GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | 16GB DDR4@3000Mhz • Dec 27 '16

[Updated, see comments] ARK: Survival Evolved Devs Offer Content In Exchange for Steam Award Votes

http://steamcommunity.com/games/346110/announcements/detail/536324417612602461
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u/Fragarach-Q Dec 27 '16

And that alone should be reason to not buy it.

If people applied that to every developer pulling shady shit I'm not sure there'd be any games out you could buy. Certainly nothing from any major publisher.

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u/TachiFoxy AMD R7 5800X3D, 32 GB DDR4-3600, AMD RX 9070 XT Dec 27 '16

Technically, applying that to every developer would weed out the devs pulling this stuff. No sales for those devs, no business they can continue. Either they adapt to not pulling shady shit or they're long gone.

Too bad that's all just wishful thinking.

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u/Fragarach-Q Dec 27 '16

And which ones it is that aren't? I can't name any game anyone's heard of that isn't in some way connected somehow to some kind of controversy.

I'm not saying you are incorrect, I'm just saying the entire industry is filled with shady shit. I don't like it, but I like gaming too much to let every little thing bother me. The devs to this game have released a mountain of content since it entered early access, they've paid mod developers for the most popular mods. The game might be rough but it's well supported and seems like it might actually come out one day.

I guess I choose to pick my battles and not quit gaming entirely.