Steam’s new language-specific review scores highlight Japanese players’ tendency to leave only negative reviews. Gamers fear this might affect Japanese language support for future releases - AUTOMATON WEST
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In the wake of a new Steam update, Japanese gamers on X are rethinking their habits of leaving mostly negative reviews.
  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 days ago

    When’s the last time you checked ratings on maps? I just looked at Sakata, a small city in Tohoku with no shinkansen line, and plenty of the ratings were above 4 stars. Seemed to be the same all over the place.

    I don’t think japanese people are unique for leaving dumb reviews. Pretty sure you can find people in all countries saying shit like “store was closed when I went, 1 star”.

    • Cikos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      its pretty impossible to say a statement that blanket a whole country, but there is enough evidence to form the opinion

      • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Maybe people near Tokyo are shittier about reviews? I dunno what to tell you. Guess I haven’t spent much time outside Tohoku.

        First random city I scrolled to north of Tokyo (in Fukushima):