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I think it's safe bet to say that if Epic allowed to make their own mobile game app store then Valve will likely follow suit.

by SXX 6y ago

mrtksn 6y ago
So is Valve allowing any developer to get its games into their store under reasonable conditions ?
- cma 6y ago
  Humble and Itch.io could make stores too.
  - mrtksn 6y ago
    So I will have to convince my potential customers to first install the app store that I can get in then they will have to remember to install my app once they complete the set up of the alternative store. Is this even working on Android or anywhere?
    - cma 6y ago
      I've used the Amazon, Samsung and Oculus stores on Android. And I think direct APK downloads from Humble a long time ago.
      - mrtksn 6y ago
        Good for you but are you going to pay me few thousand dollars a month so I can sustain an independent business? Probably not. What I need is access to a lot of people who are willing to pay me a small sum each for the software that I make. Multiple appstores with uneven access is unlikely to help with that and would probably increase my development costs too. That's not that big a problem for established and big companies but it is something that I am not looking forward to.
        Apocryphon 6y ago
        Deploying your software to these different stores probably doesn't involve as much friction as you think it does, and if there is a proliferation of stores one could imagine services springing up in the space to facilitate multi-store deployments and to make the process easier on developers. I mean, if it really is such a worry to you then someone will make a product to help with it because it is a business opportunity. TestFlight, after all, was invented because beta-testing Apple's apps used to be (more) awful.
    - blackoil 6y ago
      If you are a small indie app, you can stick with the biggest or a popular store. Likes of microsoft and Epic will fight to get there own stores installed or Apple will loosen is grip.
- strombofulous 6y ago
  Yes https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1328973169870947116 https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail...
  - mrtksn 6y ago
    I am glad to hear that.
- SXX 6y ago
  Yeah, they even allow adult-only games now. They still blocked few very controversial titles that include rape and some other crazy shit, but otherwise almost anything can be published on Steam.

I think it's safe bet to say that if Epic allowed to make their own mobile game app store then Valve will likely follow suit.

by SXX 6y ago

I think it's safe bet to say that if Epic allowed to make their own mobile game app store then Valve will likely follow suit.

mrtksn 6y ago

So is Valve allowing any developer to get its games into their store under reasonable conditions ?

cma 6y ago
Humble and Itch.io could make stores too.
- mrtksn 6y ago
  So I will have to convince my potential customers to first install the app store that I can get in then they will have to remember to install my app once they complete the set up of the alternative store. Is this even working on Android or anywhere?
  - cma 6y ago
    I've used the Amazon, Samsung and Oculus stores on Android. And I think direct APK downloads from Humble a long time ago.
    - mrtksn 6y ago
      Good for you but are you going to pay me few thousand dollars a month so I can sustain an independent business? Probably not. What I need is access to a lot of people who are willing to pay me a small sum each for the software that I make. Multiple appstores with uneven access is unlikely to help with that and would probably increase my development costs too. That's not that big a problem for established and big companies but it is something that I am not looking forward to.
      - Apocryphon 6y ago
        Deploying your software to these different stores probably doesn't involve as much friction as you think it does, and if there is a proliferation of stores one could imagine services springing up in the space to facilitate multi-store deployments and to make the process easier on developers. I mean, if it really is such a worry to you then someone will make a product to help with it because it is a business opportunity. TestFlight, after all, was invented because beta-testing Apple's apps used to be (more) awful.
  - blackoil 6y ago
    If you are a small indie app, you can stick with the biggest or a popular store. Likes of microsoft and Epic will fight to get there own stores installed or Apple will loosen is grip.
strombofulous 6y ago
Yes https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1328973169870947116 https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail...
- mrtksn 6y ago
  I am glad to hear that.
SXX 6y ago
Yeah, they even allow adult-only games now. They still blocked few very controversial titles that include rape and some other crazy shit, but otherwise almost anything can be published on Steam.