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Valve says the time it takes to download Microsoft Flight Simulator won’t affect refund requests – PC Gamer AU
Spending hours just downloading the files counts as ‘play time’ on Steam, but it won’t be counted in the refund process.
Downloading Microsoft Flight Simulator takes a while: It’s a hefty game weighing in at around 127 GB. The Steam download is only a 532MB client, though. The bulk of the game is installed as an ‘update’ from within the game menu.
While the game client is open, the ‘hours played’ clock on Steam begins ticking. That means that even when all you’re doing is downloading the games files, you’re racking up minutes or hours of ‘play time.’
Steam’s policy lets you refund a game with fewer than two hour…
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