Quote Originally Posted by Kallenator View Post
Nowhere do I imply that this is Valves fault, what I am trying to say is that they have responsibility for the games they distribute, attributed by their market dominance and general sales ethics. This relates to their refund policy which is granted globally in special scenarios or else is done on a case to case basis which makes it hard to refund a game on "byers remorse".
If you bought Aliens: Colonial Marines on launch or as a preorder, then you got completely screwed over. This does make Valve an "accomplice" given that they sold it to you under the false pretense they where served by the game's developer/publisher which could easily be informed to the potential buyers by simple quality control.
At what point are they an accomplice, do you blame the mail room for letter bombs too? The game has been on pre-order from various sources for years, distributors don't insure any level of enjoyment. As long as it reaches a level of quality it gets sold. This game is multi platform, I know for certain both Microsoft and Sony saw at least as much if not more (they have tighter rules for releases than Valve) and yet you single them out. What logical course of action could they take? It's an open market and no rules were broken.