The well-known game platform Steam recently announced adjustments to the user review system. The main content of the adjustment is to provide different review systems according to different languages, and then display corresponding game ratings according to different languages. The main purpose of this strategy is to comprehensively consider that users with different cultural backgrounds may have different attitudes towards games. For example, users of a specific language may think that a certain game is offensive, so there may be a concentrated influx of negative reviews, while users of other languages may not feel this way.
The benefits of partitioning by language are obvious. Negative reviews from users in specific languages will not affect the evaluation of the game among users in other languages. Users using these languages can see normal reviews and ratings to avoid being interfered by comments and ratings in specific languages.
However, Valve is also aware that a partitioning system based on different languages may trigger censorship. In order to avoid controversy in this regard, Steam allows users to disable partitioning by language. After disabling, the Steam account will revert to showing the overall rating of Steam reviews in all languages.
At present, Valve has rolled out the new review/evaluation system to all users. When Steam users view game reviews, they will mainly see reviews in the language they use, rather than comprehensively displaying reviews in various languages.
Finally, in order to maintain transparency, Valve will also display a language segmentation section in the comment area. After clicking it, you can see how many comments there are by users in different languages, and users can manually view comments left by users in other languages.