Steam will require game developers to use in-game screen shots

What about trailers? Does that also apply?

 

Cars 2 on Steam needs to do this asap. One of the most misleading screenshots for a game on Steam.

 

Good. One small blow to false advertising.

Baby steps.

 

Unless they enforce trailers too, you know what will happen

10 CG rendered videos, 1 screenshot at the end

 

I hope they require final or close to final screenshots and not "vertical slices" the latest of which was no man's crap.

 

Great. I mean even that Battlefield 1 is not the real game - no reason why they couldn't have used ingame shots from Battlefield 1.

 

This is a guideline. Not a rule. No one is required to adhere to this. The title is wrong. It doesn't look like Steam will require in-game screenshots. It will simply suggest developers to use in-game screenshots.

 

^^ exactly. the "require" in the title should be changed to "request" or "ask".

 

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/..._screenshots_ahead_of_Discovery_20_update.php

Full statement.
(And yeah, request 1 and request 2 but they'd like to see it followed.)

(Whether that goes for indie developer #9001 or also oh I don't know, Codemasters? Ubisoft? well we'll see.)

 

"We ask that any images you upload to the 'screenshot' section of your store page should be screenshots that show your game."

From the news item, is what I took to be a request...

 

What's the point of making a request if it's not reinforced? That's like saying to a criminal "please don't stab people for heroin". Game devs are out there to make money. Y'know why they use these "better-than-advertised" screenshots? Because they look nice, and will convince people to buy the game. They're already doing something somewhat dishonest to begin with, so do you really think they're going to listen to Valve because they asked?


If this is enforced then that's fantastic. I have encountered way too many games on Steam where I'm like "I just want to see what the gameplay is like". But now that I really think about it, maybe those games really weren't worth buying if the devs had that hard of a time showing actual footage.

 

There's little use in asking them to use screenshots form the game when the game looks like crap after it's release, being downgraded in different ways. Until then the preorders will skyrocket with most of the hyped games, and what you get eventually doesn't live up to the screenshots still.

I can't avoid to think about NMS, sorry to bring this up, but nothing in steam's requests would have helped in such a situation.

 

This is such a good thing. No wonder people pirate games. You see awesome breathtaking images of the game and once you spewed out the money, then you realize that it was all false images. Good work Steam.

 

um that should be given, no one care what the concept art looks like they want to know what games look like

 

this video about ubisoft E3 vs release says all about company marketing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNter0oEYxc

 

Good - sick and tired of seeing 3D graphics and then realising it's a 2D game...

 

Some gaming media (I think it was PC Gamer) raised this issue a just while a go about Valves "rules". There is simply no punishment when not following them.

The only case where Valve has acted was the recent lawsuit case where Valve claimed to protect their customers but clearly kicked the publisher out because they worked against Valve. Those who work only against Valves end users are not punished for doing so :/

 

Yup seems about right, guideline means that it comes down to the developer to adhere to the guideline and everyone else to report or pull them up if they aren't. If it's a hard and fast rule it means Valve have to police it and my god we know how much Valve don't want to have to do ANY sort of work when it comes to vetting what it puts on it's store front.