Valve wants to charge based on how much fun you are

Technology and Gaming
#21

I got banned for suspected hacking from a few CS servers even though I never hacked in my life.

#22

See? This is why they should have stuck with making another Half Life game. Now he’s going Wheatley style power-mad. Having a unified price for a game is not a “broken” system. Player ratings are a fickle thing- if someone has enough backing from friends they can spam you with negative votes whether or not you deserve them. And under this pricing model, it’s essentially hiking the price without fair reasoning behind it.

I’m pretty sure there’s all sorts of business regulations that prevent this kind of crap. Not that I get my kicks trolling games- in fact, I can no longer play online at all due to a terrible internet connection. But when I did play, I was a team player.

Despite the theory that I would benefit from this little arrangement, I still find it immensely stupid, shortsighted, and essentially declaring war on Valve’s own consumers. For all this talk of standing up for the consumer against punishing DRM schemes, Valve’s in a position to become the new SecuROM.

#23

I’m hoping Valve wouldn’t base this off of player reviews. That would cause a significant amount of problems, like you said.

It would be a good idea, it keeps the shit-heads off the games, and it makes other shit-heads want to play fairly or not want to play at all. In other words, less pre-pubescent brats online.

#24

There aren’t even plans for it, neither there are no plans for which games they would use that.

#25

:hmph:

#26

This is a terrible, terrible idea.

#27

So basically, new players that haven’t been coached and only played the tutorials will have to pay money because they are bad at Team(hat) Fortress 2? Is Gabe experimenting with that game as he says or is this one of many parts of an evil plan to make every single player abandon it?

#28

That’s what I think. Next thing on the list is EP3 only playable in coop :meh:

#29

So, instead of half-life 2 episode 3 (or maybe even Half-Life 3), we get this? What a terrible idea, and wide open to exploitation to those that can work the system. On top of that, we’d still probably be stuck with games that you can’t play unless you have the internet, or shady ass DRM attached to it that only punishes those who actually purchase a game. Then, to top that off, we have to compete in a “good ol-boy” system, that’s unfair to casual gamers like myself that actually have job and don’t really care to make friends online…

Damn… look at me, already an “unpopular” Valve customer… fml

#30

Ya know, it was just an idea. Its not like they’re taking time out of making Episode 3 for this.

#31

Heh. They haven’t implemented anything. They haven’t planned anything (AFAIK). Yet, some are acting like it’s already in place and people are getting screwed right this very moment. Hi-larious.

#32

I wanted to say: It’s just an idea. They didn’t even develop it, and there are no plans yet. And never judge something that’s just been announced. Let it develop, Valve isn’t that stupid. They would find a way to get it work right.

There will be no Episode 3.

#33

If it is only based on how much of a complete ass you are ingame and has nothing to do with skill or lack thereof, it may be interesting if the community is not the deciding factor.

If a person has to pay more money for just being bad at the game then valve just earned a sucks point for suggesting it.

#34

Do you really think Valve would do that?

#35

I don’t like it…

#36

Where the fuck did you get this trash.

#37

Well, I guess it won’t affect me much since I mostly play single player games. I’ll just continue to pay full price for my games.

#38

I can’t really see it working. They couldn’t just have other players rate each other, otherwise people would down-rate people for being bad at the game, or not getting enough kills. They’d have to have employees, or volunteers to look out for “jerks”, and I couldn’t really see them doing that.

#39

I’ll leave it as it is.

On topic, it seems that the fat ass has finally exhausted the last vestiges of his brain, like any other marketing ideologists before.

#40

You’re just saying that because of other’s comments. “I don’t think it will work well.” I agree, but that’s low.

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