DoesItPlay Badge of Approval aims to rebuild trust in game publishing through transparency
This article promotes the "DoesItPlay Badge of Approval," a trust signal designed to help game publishers rebuild consumer confidence by transparently communicating the state and accessibility of their games. It highlights the growing problem of publisher secrecy and deception, and positions the badge as a solution to turn trust into sales.
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Our testing turns trust into sales!
Players want to know what they get before they buy. The DoesItPlay Badge of Approval shows them the way.
Over the past years more and more publishers have become secretive or outright deceptive about the state of their products.
Trust in companies is at an all-time low. Confusion among customers at an all-time high!
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