Developer uses the name ‘very positive’ on Steam and is banned

Developer uses the name ‘very positive’ on Steam and is banned

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A Steam developer using the name ‘Very Positive’ had their account banned and their game removed from the platform, with Steam accusing them of manipulating reviews. As reported by Vice, the astute user did this due to the proximity of the ‘Developer’ text to the ‘Recent Comments’ text when looking at a game on Steam.

“I realized that the name of the publisher / developer is located very close to the comments and has the same color, and I decided to use it for my purposes,” the anonymous Emoji Evolution developer told Vice. Having “very positive” reviews about your game will undoubtedly influence whether users will click on it or consider buying it, and for the least aware, it can easily lead people to think that the game was well received, when in fact, the reception was ‘mixed’.

The developer told Vice that they didn’t think it would be a problem with Steam, but Very Positive has now been banned from Steam, with Emoji Evolution removed.

“Valve banned my developer account due to ‘revision manipulations’. I absolutely disagree with this accusation. ‘wrote the developer on Twitter (below). They continued with “I will contact support to clarify Steam’s position on the very positive developer” – so maybe the story isn’t over yet.

After the ban, the Very Positive Developer said on Twitter that they are just guilty of making a “really bad game.“” If making horrible games is not allowed on Steam, why haven’t they suspended their CDPR account yet? “, They added, in a coup against developer Cyberpunk 2077. Later, they would go to apologize on Wednesday, tweeting “I apologize to any customer who was cheated by my trick. Bless Steam’s refund system.”

VPD has now uploaded Emoji Evolution to Itch.Io, and says it will be “free until Steam restores my developer account (forever, lol).” In other Steam news, the platform continues to break its own record of competing players, registering more than 26 million people connected at the same time in early February.

Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

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