Code Violet Has Its Reasons For Not Being On PC, But Some Are Wondering If It's To Prevent Refunds

Code Violet Has Its Reasons For Not Being On PC, But Some Are Wondering If It's To Prevent Refunds

From TheGamer (Written by Johnny Flores Jr.) on | OpenCritic

By this point, we're all aware that the first PlayStation "exclusive" of 2026, Code Violet, is, critically at least, a flop. The survival horror title that is intended to invoke memories of Dino Crisis currently sits at 40 on Metacritic, and after a brief honeymoon period that saw its developer, TeamKill Media, say it makes games for fans and not critics, it appears that those "fans" are turning on the game.

In the lead-up to Code Violet's release, it was revealed that part of the reason why the game wouldn't launch on PC was to prevent modders from creating lewd creations of the main character.

Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected

However, now that the game is officially out, some believe that the real reason the game isn't on PC has almost nothing to do with mods but rather the very lenient refund policy that Steam provides. Something that PlayStation has yet to mirror.

Unlike Steam, which lets you request a refund for any game, for any reason, within its first two weeks of purchase and less than two hours of playtime, the PlayStation Store refund process is much more complicated. Although Sony...

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