Made it possible to run new games for countless hours and then get your money back.
In the gaming world, there is something called “Early Access”. This allows players to access a game before it is considered complete. In this way, players can pay to run a game earlier while the developer receives user data and money that can be used to improve and complete the game.
“Early Access” has been used successfully by games such as “Hades” and “Baldur’s Gate 3”. Players who participate in Early Access also usually get access to Advanced Access, which is early access to the finished game. But there are players who have taken advantage of this system on the gaming platform Steam.
On the platform, players have the opportunity to request a refund for a game that they played for less than two hours, provided that this happens within 14 days of the game’s launch.
But if a player ran a game in Advanced Access, this does not count towards the two hours. As a result, players have been able to complete full games in Advanced Access and then still be able to receive a full refund once the game is released.
Now Ars Technica reports that Valve has updated its rules for this so that playing time during Advanced Access will also count towards these two hours before a refund can be requested.
