brachiosaurus@mander.xyz to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoBehold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anythingwww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square208fedilinkarrow-up1448arrow-down178
arrow-up1370arrow-down1external-linkBehold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anythingwww.gamesradar.combrachiosaurus@mander.xyz to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square208fedilink
minus-squaredreamkeeper@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·edit-22 days agoIf steam were doing a “really good job,” none of that garbage would be on the store in the first place.
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days agoThen literally no indie games would ever get popular.
minus-squaredreamkeeper@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThere’s a difference between a quality indie game and shovelware.
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoOk. So what percentage of the games launched on steam are shovelware vs quality indie games. And where is that line? And who makes that decision?
If steam were doing a “really good job,” none of that garbage would be on the store in the first place.
Then literally no indie games would ever get popular.
There’s a difference between a quality indie game and shovelware.
Ok. So what percentage of the games launched on steam are shovelware vs quality indie games. And where is that line? And who makes that decision?