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+100 for charity, -100 for open marketplaces.
by kevinconroy 14y ago
+100 for charity, -100 for open marketplaces.
- darkestkhan 14y agoIt is still open marketplace.
- newobj 14y agoYou mean "It was never an open marketplace", right?
- lazugod 14y agoThe market is open, the store is closed (or walled).
- darkestkhan 14y agoIn many marketplaces you have to pay for place in order to open stand yet we still call them open marketplaces (as long as price is affordable, but I would consider 100$ to be such) so why when you apply the same mechanisms for "virtual stand" it suddenly ceases to be open?
- jordanthoms 14y agoSure, Steam isn't an open marketplace, but I don't think that was ever really the point. You can just download a program outside of steam or use a competing store - Steam is more like a Retail Shop where there is a bar to get in to keep the quality up.
- jonursenbach 14y agoSteam is never going to be an open marketplace because of its nature, so stop holding your breath.
- matthew-wegner 14y agoGreenlight wasn't an effort for Steam to become an open marketplace. It was specifically an effort to unclog their submission pipeline (which was previously being handled by a handful of employees). Now, these employees can pay attention to the top % of submissions and ignore the crowd-designated chaff. In that respect, it's working marvelously well. And it's working even better with the $100 fee, since developers are already stepping up to the plate and offering to individually (!) vet submissions to loan them the $100: http://www.dejobaan.com/greenlight100/ http://www.dejobaan.com/greenlight100/