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Game looks awesome....release it on Steam.

by mrkramer 2y ago

bitbasher 2y ago
Steam is a mess. It looks like it would do well on the Switch and you'd make a lot more money on console.
- mrkramer 2y ago
  >Steam is a mess. Please elaborate? It's the best we have as of today for PC gaming.
  - junaru 2y ago
    Mobile shovelware devs hate it because it's a stark reminder that no adult finds value in their product.
    - Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago
      I do love this statement
      - pie420 2y ago
        "Why is it so hard to scam people on this platform????"
- ffsm8 2y ago
  Saying that the Nintendo/Switch developer experience is better then valve/steam... Needs citations to say it mildly.
  - bitbasher 2y ago
    I never said the developer experience was better. I said the money was better. In my experience, a shit game on steam will make 3 figures if you're lucky. A shit game on Switch will make four figures most of the time.
    - kadoban 2y ago
      > In my experience, a shit game on steam will make 3 figures if you're lucky. A shit game on Switch will make four figures most of the time. Is that a good metric? Ideally shit games _should_ make very little money. Don't we want to look at what decent games are making and how they're doing?
      - bitbasher 2y ago
        If a crap game makes money on the platform, a decent or good game is likely to make more. If you're doing full time game development on your own (like the linked blog post), your metric is probably more along the lines of "which platform is most likely going to give me enough money to not reverse mortgage my home or sell a kidney." Steam is a tough marketplace. Crappy games do really bad. Great games don't do much better. You can sink a 1~3 years in an objectively good game and make $10k. It's a terrifying market for someone doing fulltime game development. My general advice is make smaller games (1-6 months of dev time) and target consoles unless you have a good reason to be on steam.
- oniony 2y ago
  Switch is absolutely the worst store I've ever used. There are no useful ways to browse the content and no ratings or reviews on anything.
  - glimshe 2y ago
    Neither does Netflix, Apple TV etc. Many people believe reviews go against the curation paradigm and have their own problems (such as review bombing).
    - oniony 2y ago
      I'm not spending money to watch individual shows on Netflix. If a programme's crap I can just hit stop and watch something else. I assume it's the same on Apple TV. If I'm spending money up front for a product, show, album or game, I actually do want those reviews.
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Game looks awesome....release it on Steam.

bitbasher 2y ago

Steam is a mess. It looks like it would do well on the Switch and you'd make a lot more money on console.

mrkramer 2y ago
>Steam is a mess. Please elaborate? It's the best we have as of today for PC gaming.
- junaru 2y ago
  Mobile shovelware devs hate it because it's a stark reminder that no adult finds value in their product.
  - Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago
    I do love this statement
    - pie420 2y ago
      "Why is it so hard to scam people on this platform????"
ffsm8 2y ago
Saying that the Nintendo/Switch developer experience is better then valve/steam... Needs citations to say it mildly.
- bitbasher 2y ago
  I never said the developer experience was better. I said the money was better. In my experience, a shit game on steam will make 3 figures if you're lucky. A shit game on Switch will make four figures most of the time.
  - kadoban 2y ago
    > In my experience, a shit game on steam will make 3 figures if you're lucky. A shit game on Switch will make four figures most of the time. Is that a good metric? Ideally shit games _should_ make very little money. Don't we want to look at what decent games are making and how they're doing?
    - bitbasher 2y ago
      If a crap game makes money on the platform, a decent or good game is likely to make more. If you're doing full time game development on your own (like the linked blog post), your metric is probably more along the lines of "which platform is most likely going to give me enough money to not reverse mortgage my home or sell a kidney." Steam is a tough marketplace. Crappy games do really bad. Great games don't do much better. You can sink a 1~3 years in an objectively good game and make $10k. It's a terrifying market for someone doing fulltime game development. My general advice is make smaller games (1-6 months of dev time) and target consoles unless you have a good reason to be on steam.
oniony 2y ago
Switch is absolutely the worst store I've ever used. There are no useful ways to browse the content and no ratings or reviews on anything.
- glimshe 2y ago
  Neither does Netflix, Apple TV etc. Many people believe reviews go against the curation paradigm and have their own problems (such as review bombing).
  - oniony 2y ago
    I'm not spending money to watch individual shows on Netflix. If a programme's crap I can just hit stop and watch something else. I assume it's the same on Apple TV. If I'm spending money up front for a product, show, album or game, I actually do want those reviews.

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