Apparently, Valve keeps getting builds that were never run through Steam at all, which is how games end up with broken launch options or missing depots.

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[–] 27 points 5 days ago* (4 children)

5 minutes is paltry. Devs should be required to submit an uncut recording of the first 30 minutes of gameplay from launching via Steam before they can release a game or push an update.

I don't think that's an unreasonable demand, cause if a game can't launch or survive 30 minutes of normal gameplay, it shouldn't be on the store for people to waste their time and/or money on.

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  • [–] 28 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    5 minutes is paltry.

    Yes, but I feel like this is intended more to curb AI-generated games that are submitted to Steam without any testing. This is just adding a layer of "a human (or something close-enough to a human) launched the game and didn't find it immediately unsuitable for public release", which I guess wasn't there before.

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