Japanese indie dev tells randoms begging for keys and offering exposure to 'buy it, you piece of garbage'

In a recent FAQ spotted by Automaton, Housenka responded to a hypothetical of “I’ll promote you, give me a Steam key” with a delightfully blunt: “Buy it, you piece of garbage.” Or, as Automaton translates it from the original Japanese, “Buy the game, you piece of sh*t.” I can’t decide which I like better, honestly. The full FAQ is worth a read, if only for Housenka’s sense of humour and an insight into the absurd questions independent devs get asked these days.

“Make this character’s ass and thighs thicker,” another frequent-question-asker demands, to which Housenka responds: “Accept her as she is.” When asked by a phantom answer if the game will add sex, Housenka also proceeds to provide a link to DLsite, an online store that sells doujinshi—self-published manga comics that are often (though not always) pornographic in nature. “No sex. Please visit DLsite for that.”

yamanii,
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

There are key beggars even on AAA tweets, it’s so strange, I think if may be bots that will sell them later.

tb_,
@tb_@lemmy.world avatar

That’s part of how key reseller websites get their cheap keys. So: yes.

SuddenDownpour,

“Make this character’s ass and thighs thicker,”

No love for thin bodies SMH

Zahille7,

In a recent FAQ spotted by Automaton, Housenka responded to a hypothetical of “I’ll promote you, give me a Steam key” with a delightfully blunt: “Buy it, you piece of garbage.” Or, as Automaton translates it from the original Japanese, “Buy the game, you piece of sh*t.” I can’t decide which I like better, honestly.

Damn

_Sprite,
@_Sprite@lemmy.world avatar

“Make this character’s ass and thighs thicker,” another frequent-question-asker demands.

Genshin Impact and its consequences on the already stunted gamer race.

yamanii,
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

There’s not a single thick playable character in Genshin.

ZILtoid1991,

The modders made sure there are some…

Gabu,

Genshin is literally Loli-land with a couple onee-sans, what are you on about?

_Sprite,
@_Sprite@lemmy.world avatar

what

Gabu,

Loads of child-like characters and few thicc women, in non-weebspeak.

_Sprite, (edited )
@_Sprite@lemmy.world avatar

with the amount of thirstposts I’ve seen over that game in passing I find that alarming

vox,
@vox@sopuli.xyz avatar

to be fair, the free “review” keys often end up on websites like g2a and kinguin, so if I were to publish a game on Steam, I would’ve replied with the same thing to anyone asking me for 'em… the guy’s based af

Xatolos,
@Xatolos@reddthat.com avatar

Valve should enable a feature to make Steam keys self destruct for these scams. Let them generate a key that is valid for a few hours and if it didn’t get redeemed in that time frame, it no longer works. A key only valid until 5pm of issue date will let reviewers redeem it in time, but resellers will most likely have a dud by the time they try to sell it.

vox, (edited )
@vox@sopuli.xyz avatar

devs can assign keys to specific promotions, and mass recall unactivated keys and activated games from people’s accounts, so yeah this is possible even though needs to be done manually, but most devs don’t do it

cloud_herder,

Oh I would gladly do this manually - just have a spreadsheet pulled up of donated keys on half the screen and the revoke page in the other. Just going line by line, cross-checking, and yanking if I need to.

Would totally do it for my Friday night. Especially if I knew they’d know what happened and why.

Zeppo,
@Zeppo@sh.itjust.works avatar

Why? It would be a cinch to just use a database, write a small script and automate it.

cloud_herder,

For sure. I meant that I’d enjoy it enough that I’d be willing to do it by hand, with a smile on my face. ☺️

But yeah just a few lines of python and a txt file could do it.

Appoxo,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

And make them a review sample.
And make them unique. All keys are starting or ending with an “R” in the code.
This prevents scammers from being able to sell it to informed users

rdri,

It’s been a few years since Valve introduced curators system. Curators don’t receive keys but legit copies. Not all curators act in a good faith but it’s impossible for them to put such copies on sale on platforms you mentioned.

Facebones,

“But its for a review!”

Ah so you’ll be monetizing that key. Buy it.

Juice88,
@Juice88@lemmy.world avatar

I got a friend that thinks I act “high and mighty” because I refuse to pirate games but I just don’t think it’s fair 🤷🏽. I expect a paycheck at the end of the week for my work so it’s only natural that I pay for the goods I receive from someone else’s labor. Plus gaming’s a hobby, my favorite one but a hobby nonetheless. I won’t die if I don’t play every new release.

beetus,

Yeah, I’m with you. The entitlement around media (games movies TV) is insane to me.

GiveMemes,

It really depends on who you’re talking about. Indie game devs? Don’t pirate. EA? The programmers/designers/writer/etc are getting paid the same amount either way, but there is still an argument to be made that if enough people were to pirate that it could cause layoffs in the future. higher amounts of piracy and higher sales are positively correlated tho so it’s really tough to say.

In no way should someone be upset with you for you not wanting to pirate tho. That’s just ridonk

Juice88,
@Juice88@lemmy.world avatar

It doesn’t depend for me. I just do not play games that I’m not interested enough to pay for. They all drop 90% off a year or two down the line if I change my mind. I’m in no hurry.

Scrof,

Most of the indie Devs these days work under indie publishers (lol) and also receive salary.

KillingTimeItself,

There is also an argument to be made that if enough people pirate it, a significant enough number of people will then buy it after the fact to support the devs, thus negating the piracy that happened to begin with.

Appoxo, (edited )
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

They are probably still paid a percentage on how well the game is selling.

WeLoveCastingSpellz,

I think being insistend on not indulging in any piracy is straight up dumb. Lemme explain my perspective, big game studios and publishers donmt really need your money,and the devs already did get paid making the game. Buying thoose games you are just pouring your money to the bottomless pit that’s publisher’s and game studio-corporatikn’s wallet. Indie games for example don’t fall into this category and are objectively unethical to pirate. Ofc it’s your choice I am just sayin

Juice88,
@Juice88@lemmy.world avatar

That’s fine man. Games aren’t a necessity like food or shelter, guess I’m dumb for not indulging in every game I’m not very interested in 🤷🏽

aStonedSanta,

Don’t pirate indie devs. Pirate triple A studios. They already laid the staff to make the game. You are just enforcing their shitty practices of not allowing profit sharing to their devs.

KillingTimeItself,

average GOG enjoyer. At least, i would hope so, given that you pay for games. Though to be fair not a lot of indie studios release on GOG. They really should though.

LordBelphegor,

People who ask for free keys are Scammers. They sell the keys on sites like G2A.

tfw_no_toiletpaper,

Many keys on such sites are bought with stolen credit cards. Publishers could disable these keys afterwards but most don’t because it’s not the sole fault of the buyer. That’s another method of selling these keys, never Buffy them for an indie Dev or small studio, they could actually lose money if they need to charge back (including fees etc), for the 500 Trillion $ networth AAAAA-Publishers I cannot be bothered to pay 70$

Saledovil,

Also because the buyer is going to complain in public and leave out the fact that they bought their key at a sketchy key reseller.

moosetwin, (edited )
@moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

“Make this character’s ass and thighs thicker,” another frequent-question-asker demands, to which Housenka responds: “Accept her as she is.”

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/79715415-1d88-41c8-a39c-dfded30dff7e.jpeg

edit: there’s probably some irony or hypocrisy in me using this image (a guy with exaggerated muscles) as a positive on a comment about sexualization but I couldn’t think of a better image to use

evranch,

but I couldn’t think of a better image to use

kind of sums up the problem our society is struggling with. Chad is perfect here. Why should you try to think of a better image to use?

We need to rationalize that humans like this sort of thing, and also that they shouldn’t demand it of others.

Is it laughable to demand game characters always be hot? Yes

Do people appreciate fan service characters? Also yes

Humans have been sexualizing everything forever, it’s in our nature. But we need to stop being so damn creepy about it.

KillingTimeItself,

it’s ironic, that’s kind of the joke.

The humorous part of the statement is not the fact that the dev doesn’t care, but the fact that the dev who doesn’t care is portrayed as this “gigachad” individual. The gigachad part here is literally not being THE gigachad.

MolochAlter,

Accept him as he is, too.

LilDestructiveSheep,
@LilDestructiveSheep@lemmy.world avatar

Well. No one likes Gold diggers.

AlexWIWA,

This dev sounds awesome

Vilian,

based

Scrof,

I agree with this statement.

Gullible,

Venn diagram:

Japanese dev (buy it, you piece of garbage) dominatrix

ryannathans,

Keep going I’m almost there

AFC1886VCC,

Spit on me and call me scum!!

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