{"id":96255,"date":"2016-06-23T12:14:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T10:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=96255"},"modified":"2016-06-23T12:16:55","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T10:16:55","slug":"this-is-why-you-cant-trust-steam-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/96255-this-is-why-you-cant-trust-steam-reviews","title":{"rendered":"This is why you can&#8217;t trust Steam reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of PC gamers around the world are anxiously awaiting\u00a0Steam&#8217;s annual Summer Sale, which is\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/95623-paypal-confirms-steam-summer-sale-dates.html\" target=\"_blank\">expected <\/a><\/strong>to begin at 19:00 on 23 June.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, you may not be able to rely on Steam&#8217;s review system to help decide on purchases as bots could be influencing a game&#8217;s rating.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pcmasterrace\/comments\/4nczdg\/apparently_someone_is_exploiting_the_review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit <\/a><\/strong>users initially discovered the bots on smaller indie titles that have had little to no media coverage, but hundreds of positive ratings.<\/p>\n<p>The bots were clearly identifiable by their randomly-generated names and seemingly nonsensical reviews.<\/p>\n<p>While it appears that Valve has already taken steps to remove the bots, it does beg the question as to whether larger publishers have been doing the same thing but with less obviously fake accounts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Looks like someone figured out bot reviews on Steam <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AiGWnnaWbD\">pic.twitter.com\/AiGWnnaWbD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steam Spy (@Steam_Spy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Steam_Spy\/status\/741233808008175616\">June 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The sexiest PCs of 2016\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/95199-the-sexiest-pcs-of-2016.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The sexiest PCs of 2016<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare\u2019s price is so ridiculous even PlayStation won\u2019t sell it to you\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/playstation\/96209-call-of-duty-infinite-warfares-price-is-so-ridiculous-even-playstation-wont-sell-it-to-you.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare\u2019s price is so ridiculous even PlayStation won\u2019t sell it to you<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The difference between Nvidia and AMD\u2019s latest graphics cards \u2013 Pascal versus Polaris\" 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