I can’t name a single other digital service anywhere near steam level of trust. things you bought don’t disappear. they are on the record saying there is a contingency in case of shutdown. they havnt a used their position. as far as market leaders go, you could do worse
I mean, isn’t community self-policing and an overly tolerant attitude towards picking what type of games are allowed on your platform exactly what we want from them?
Quality control is another word for “high barrier to entry”, and especially with their market position, being rejected by Steam for some arbitrary reason would effectively kill your project.
Not only should they not restrict the ability to sell your games there without a concrete reason; they shouldn’t be permitted to do so. A company with that much influence shouldn’t be allowed to be a gatekeeper of what constitutes a “good” game.
Their review system and strong return policy are more than enough.
ITT: G*mers being Stockholmed.
I can’t name a single other digital service anywhere near steam level of trust. things you bought don’t disappear. they are on the record saying there is a contingency in case of shutdown. they havnt a used their position. as far as market leaders go, you could do worse
Steam happily took money from unity asset flips and one level early access titles for years.
They have zero quality control and instead hashed out the curator system for users to do their job for them.
This is a lot like saying YouTube is evil for allowing anyone to upload videos to their platform
I mean, isn’t community self-policing and an overly tolerant attitude towards picking what type of games are allowed on your platform exactly what we want from them?
Quality control is another word for “high barrier to entry”, and especially with their market position, being rejected by Steam for some arbitrary reason would effectively kill your project.
Not only should they not restrict the ability to sell your games there without a concrete reason; they shouldn’t be permitted to do so. A company with that much influence shouldn’t be allowed to be a gatekeeper of what constitutes a “good” game.
Their review system and strong return policy are more than enough.