Controversy in the Gaming Industry: Bethesda’s Response to ‘Starry Sky’ Reviews on Steam

2023-12-02 05:52:22
Just last week, Bethesda responded to the many negative reviews received by its latest masterpiece “Starry Sky” on the Steam platform, denying the negative review points mentioned by many fans, such as excessive loading screens and extremely Empty planet. Although these responses caused controversy among players, other game developers also came forward at this time to say that the Steam platform actually encourages them to respond to player comments in this way. “For those unfamiliar, this has become an industry standard. Because Steam player reviews are very important indicators, and many cases have proven that direct user interaction is indeed possible to reverse these negative reviews, and this Just do it one big game at a time,” BAFTA award-winning screenwriter Xalavier Nelson Jr. tweeted Ad (Please continue reading this) Dillon Rogers Ad (Please continue reading) Thunderful Games PR Manager James Bartholomeou said: “What Bethesda did was wrong, but Steam does encourage the development team to respond to comments.” However, when responding to these negative comments, Bethesda officials did not take a low profile like other developers and promised players They will introduce improvements or provide them with help and assistance, but when players leave negative reviews on the Steam platform saying that they think the too empty planets in “Star Sky” are boring, Bethesda will be very unhappy in their response. Politely deny their argument outright. “Many planets in “Star Sky” are deliberately designed to be empty, but they are not boring. The design concept of the exploration elements in “Star Sky” is to make players feel small and overwhelmed by the huge environment. Bethesda wrote in response that independent game developer Kaiju Ultimax also said on Twitter: “Most independent game development teams do testify against players when they clearly make false statements. But Bethesda does try to reassure players that Saying that the views they mentioned in their negative reviews are all wrong and asking them to just go play Starfield more will change their views. Honestly, this is really vicious.” According to Nelson Jr., Bethesda did not This is not the only AAA game publisher doing this, but it has gradually become the norm. “This is actually one of the few mechanisms we have to combat the toxic/incorrect arguments a game gets at launch, which is why it works. Potential players have a chance to see these comments and Reply, this can directly affect their purchasing decisions. So is this weird? Absolutely. But will this continue and happen more frequently as the Steam rating system gradually has a more significant impact on a player’s credit? Being used? Of course.” He said that this may become a new standard, but it will also cause a lot of controversy, especially as more and more major manufacturers begin to use this strategy. Ultimately, the reason why Bethesda’s response to the negative reviews of “Star Sky” triggered such a fierce backlash among players was not because of the action of the response, but the content of the response itself.
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