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A Valve artist has defended AI disclosures on storefronts like Steam, saying they only scare those with "low effort" products.

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[โ€“] Godwins_Law@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Actually I've found the opposite, it feels like industry moved away from demos for quite awhile. But steam has been recently showcasing games with demos and encouraging them? (Probably not true of AAA)

[โ€“] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago

I guess the situation is a bit better since their 2024 overhaul, but it's mostly limited to indie devs not like before demos were used by every single studio and publisher as a marketing tool to allow people actually playtest the game not only to see if the game is interesting but also it's performance on your machine.

itch.io still beats Steam into ground in this area.