Greenlight wasn't an effort for Steam to become an open marketplace. It was specifically an effort to unclog their submission pipeline (which was previously be

Greenlight 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/