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Title: Steam Greenlight Post by: Kail on July 09, 2012, 03:09:20 PM Thought this was really interesting: Valve is introducing a new service in August called "Greenlight" where Steam community members basically vote for which indie games Steam is going to pick up. Could be a really great way to get some of the more obscure indie stuff on here without having to go through Valve's somewhat arbitrary approval process.
http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight (http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight) Title: Re: Steam Greenlight Post by: MrHat on July 11, 2012, 11:25:47 AM It could also cause more obscure indie stuff to not get promoted because of mob decision making.
Title: Re: Steam Greenlight Post by: Ingmar on July 11, 2012, 12:29:44 PM Only if Greenlight is the *only* way for things to get on Steam. I haven't seen any reason to think that.
Title: Re: Steam Greenlight Post by: kildorn on July 11, 2012, 12:34:07 PM It does seem to just be Valve trying to get community popularity automated, instead of "how many people bitched to support about us not having Random Indie Game Y"
Title: Re: Steam Greenlight Post by: Kageru on July 11, 2012, 05:01:48 PM Which is fine. Admitting they can't reliably spot the interesting indie titles with the staff and time they have, and that the focus of fans is free and scales better, is just sensible. And all they've committed to is they're more likely to focus their attention on inspecting games that have attracted interest. Also makes the process of selecting games more transparent which is good PR. |