having the users specs at the time of review on the review itself isnt a terrible idea

Originally posted by eram:

having the users specs at the time of review on the review itself isnt a terrible idea

Not ALL of them on the review obviously, only relevant ones.
Could be a way to see if similar hardware that you own would have issues too.

Originally posted by arthelys:

Make key results such as CPU/GPU to show up on negative reviews so that people that complain about a game not running or crashing can be dismissed if they're way under minimum specs.

Could be improved but you get the idea.

bad idea, as people have multiple systems and could be posting a review from another machine or even mobile.

Originally posted by Tezzious:

Originally posted by arthelys:

Make key results such as CPU/GPU to show up on negative reviews so that people that complain about a game not running or crashing can be dismissed if they're way under minimum specs.

Could be improved but you get the idea.

bad idea, as people have multiple systems and could be posting a review from another machine or even mobile.

Multiple systems i get, but it would be tied to your account, not the platform you're on. Having an issue like that doesn't mean it's a bad idea, it just needs to be figured out how to apply it.

GDPR says no. There's no technical nor functional requirement to disclose your systems in order to post a purely text based review.

A game developer can still reach out and request this information, but this is on an entirely consensual basis.

Originally posted by Ettanin:

GDPR says no. There's no technical nor functional requirement to disclose your systems in order to post a purely text based review.

A game developer can still reach out and request this information, but this is on an entirely consensual basis.

If said review is criticising, I feel like it would be fair to know if it's someone that's still on windows 7, or still using a 680. There's a surprising amount of people that expect 15+ year old machines to run modern titles and will simply leave negative reviews without context other than "it runs bad"

Originally posted by Ettanin:

GDPR says no. There's no technical nor functional requirement to disclose your systems in order to post a purely text based review.

A game developer can still reach out and request this information, but this is on an entirely consensual basis.

gpdr for a users spec on a review? no of course not.
what about steam hardware survery?
all data is kept.

Originally posted by arthelys:

Originally posted by Ettanin:

GDPR says no. There's no technical nor functional requirement to disclose your systems in order to post a purely text based review.

A game developer can still reach out and request this information, but this is on an entirely consensual basis.

If said review is criticising, I feel like it would be fair to know if it's someone that's still on windows 7, or still using a 680. There's a surprising amount of people that expect 15+ year old machines to run modern titles and will simply leave negative reviews without context other than "it runs bad"

You cannot force the reviewer to disclose it with the only consequence of silencing them if they refuse.

GDPR forbids this form of coupling.

Originally posted by eram:

Originally posted by Ettanin:

GDPR says no. There's no technical nor functional requirement to disclose your systems in order to post a purely text based review.

A game developer can still reach out and request this information, but this is on an entirely consensual basis.

gpdr for a users spec on a review? no of course not.
what about steam hardware survery?
all data is kept.

because there it is an anonymized aggregate not tied to any individual account and you are not forced to take part in this consensual survey to see the results.

Originally posted by Ettanin:

Originally posted by arthelys:

If said review is criticising, I feel like it would be fair to know if it's someone that's still on windows 7, or still using a 680. There's a surprising amount of people that expect 15+ year old machines to run modern titles and will simply leave negative reviews without context other than "it runs bad"

You cannot force the reviewer to disclose it with the only consequence of silencing them if they refuse.

GDPR forbids this form of coupling.

Not silence them, maybe just add a disclaimer like how you can say "I got this game for free".
While it wouldn't fully invalidate a review, it could give insight.
It COULD only be required it if gets flagged as a review complaining about performance.

Originally posted by arthelys:

Originally posted by Ettanin:

You cannot force the reviewer to disclose it with the only consequence of silencing them if they refuse.

GDPR forbids this form of coupling.

Not silence them, maybe just add a disclaimer like how you can say "I got this game for free".
While it wouldn't fully invalidate a review, it could give insight.
It COULD only be required it if gets flagged as a review complaining about performance.

The developer can ask for more details without making them public if they require this information for technical support.
Your suggestion forces public disclosure and this is in contravention to the GDPR.

Originally posted by Ettanin:

Originally posted by arthelys:

Not silence them, maybe just add a disclaimer like how you can say "I got this game for free".
While it wouldn't fully invalidate a review, it could give insight.
It COULD only be required it if gets flagged as a review complaining about performance.

The developer can ask for more details without making them public if they require this information for technical support.
Your suggestion forces public disclosure and this is in contravention to the GDPR.

If you leave a public review then I would argue that you can have your gpu and cpu disclosed. It's not personally identifiable information.

Originally posted by arthelys:

Originally posted by Ettanin:

The developer can ask for more details without making them public if they require this information for technical support.
Your suggestion forces public disclosure and this is in contravention to the GDPR.

If you leave a public review then I would argue that you can have your gpu and cpu disclosed. It's not personally identifiable information.

It is PII: It discloses your possession and that fact is linkable to the account that posted the review.

This information is not necessary to convey a review, both positive and negative.

The developer can ask for more information if such is necessary to amend any potential issue. The reviewer then can consent or refuse providing this information.

Originally posted by Ettanin:

Originally posted by arthelys:

If you leave a public review then I would argue that you can have your gpu and cpu disclosed. It's not personally identifiable information.

It is PII: It discloses your possession.

This information is not necessary to convey a review, both positive and negative.

You're also not obligated to leave a review. In this specific scenario it's for people that complain about performance when they are way under minimum specs.

The alternative is what, take the hardware survey and not be able to buy games you can't run?
Obviously that's over the top and would never fly lmao

Originally posted by arthelys:

Originally posted by Ettanin:

It is PII: It discloses your possession.

This information is not necessary to convey a review, both positive and negative.

You're also not obligated to leave a review. In this specific scenario it's for people that complain about performance when they are way under minimum specs.

The alternative is what, take the hardware survey and not be able to buy games you can't run?
Obviously that's over the top and would never fly lmao

Leave the system as is. it works fine. Nobody, besides perhaps the developer, need to know the system you are using.

There is no technical, legal nor functional requirement to disclose your system in order to post, store, delete or provide reviews.