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I don't think you would say any of this if you were an indie dev. Actually I don't think anyone has said it yet, but the truth is 90% of the value of Steam is
by pfisch 11y ago
I don't think you would say any of this if you were an indie dev.
Actually I don't think anyone has said it yet, but the truth is 90% of the value of Steam is in marketing. Steam gives you millions upon millions of impressions from people actively looking to buy a game right now.
Steam also does a lot to reduce piracy by providing a seamless way to patch your game. This allows you to release tons of patches which make it very hard to torrent the current version of your game.
- makomk 11y agoSteam certainly used to provide valuable marketing to indie devs, but these days it's so stuffed full of shovelware and Early Access games that might never be finished that it's not so great anymore. They don't even feel they need to obey consumer rights laws on stuff like false advertising, refunds, deceptive pricing, etc.
- pfisch 11y agoSo do you make your living from Steam? I do and you just are wrong about whether or not the marketing is valuable.