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"There is no platform that matches Steam's excellent discovery system" according to Heroes of Might and Magic publisher, the real problem is "some games should not be made" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

FYI I didn't get a Lemmy notification to your reply. This is really annoing, and its just about pushing me to try Piefed...

But yeah, I buy this. But problems:

  • It costs Valve a lot more money.

  • It requires more employees, or at least contractors/grants.

  • It requires finding expertise/passion in niches, and categorizing a whole lot of games.

And that’s what I think is needed. If Steam wants to be the Google of gaming that’s fine… as long as someone else is competing with a different approach to split the difference. Just Steam’s approach by itself would be bad, I think.

  • The gaming community have seemingly decided they like a Valve monopoly, which is quite unfortunate.

Given Valve's sort of libertarian/hands off ethos, I don't think they're going to take the "1st pary editorial team" approach. Heck, they seem to be aware of the issue, hence the Steam Curators program, but its not the same as bankrolling an editorial team that does it for a living.