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Steam adds new "Trending Free" tab to hide demos from new & trending (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 3 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world
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Great change imo. The new & trending tab feels a lot more useful now that it isn't 50% demos.

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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

instead of doing a free and premium type of publishing like they do with phone apps

It's not just phone apps, look at this shit on a big-name Steam game:

Calling your free trial "definitive edition" and having the "base game" as a paid DLC is purposely misleading

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

:(
Why tho

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Presumably for the free marketing of appearing in the free-to-play list

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

This was more meant as a rhetoric question but it's most likely as you said. A bit annoying indeed.

[–] Infinitus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean... Aoe3 always had some sort of a demo version. Even the original base game had it. In fact, this is actually better, as now you are able to use 3 rotating civs, not just the English and the French, which you were forced to use before.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago

It's more than fine to have a demo, just call it a demo rather than tricking people into thinking it's the full version for free!