Just hours after a helpful new feature seemingly debuted on Steam, Valve has taken it down. First spotted by perceptive Steam users in the user reviews section of the storefront, the feature was disabled just after reports began to spread.
As the owner and operator of Steam and a pioneer of digital game distribution, Valve has maintained a primary position atop the PC gaming market for years. Despite increasingly intense competition from rivals like the Epic Games Store with its regular free game offerings or from indie-focused storefronts like Itch.io, Valve has managed to hold onto its lead by improving the convenience of its massive platform.
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One avenue for such improvement is new features, such as one intended to help players better filter Steam Reviews. As spotted by users on Reddit and social media, Valve appeared to be testing a "Helpfulness" system on the review sections of various Steam store pages. Exactly what the new system did isn't clear, and Valve disabled the system shortly after it was spotted.
According to screenshots posted by users that...
