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Behold, "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 anything (www.gamesradar.com)
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[+] [S] -17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That barrier to entry is absurdly low. If a game isn’t making sales, it’s not Steams fault, it’s advertising. ANYONE can list games, which means there is a lot of chaff on the market.

I’ll admit that it’s not a great deal for people in poorer countries. Steam isn’t a public utility, though. You can post to itch.io for free, and there is a MASSIVE userbase there

Glad you admitted your mistake.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Yep. Conceding the weak part of your own argument so it can't be used against you is a basic rhetorical move. You reaching for one liners instead of a rebuttal tells me it worked. I learned that from 8 Mile.

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  • [+] [S] -13 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    I asked a critical question. If you react this poorly to criticism, I am not the one reaching for “lines” on a billion dollar empire.

    Now, why don't you help those indies up, instead of salting your ego on threadiverse?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    You didn't ask a critical question, you gave me a snide remark. When you asked a critical question before, I gave you a very serious and honest answer.

    And as far as helping the indies up... do you want to see my Steam Library? I'm just shy of 1900 games at this point, and a large portion of which is made up of indie games. I'm actually working on starting a YouTube channel where I play those indie games and show them on a platform where they don't have a lot of representation, and they won't have to pay me to play them, nor will I accept free games. I buy, and then I play, so I have skin in the game, just like the average gamer. That's how I'm helping them up.

    What are you doing to help, instead of stroking your ego on the threadiverse?

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  • [–] [S] -5 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    starting a YouTube channel

    Try Peertube channel instead. That way even libre projects get represented as well.

    What are you doing to help

    Doing the actual liberation.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago

    Peertube has a much smaller base, but I can upload to both, so that's fine. And as far as compiling a list of open source games, it's not a bad thing. I think it's a great idea, actually. However, it's doing nothing to bring revenue to indie devs...

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