.. " an extra $100 to submit a game to a service like Greenlight just for a chance to share it with people " .. The way I see this particular position, is this

.. " an extra $100 to submit a game to a service like Greenlight just for a chance to share it with people " .. The way I see this particular position, is this: if you don't have $100 worth of friends and people locally to you who can at least donate towards your entry to the -potentially- $million-dollar making Greenlight effort, then ... maybe your game actually is crap. Go away, get $100 of your own donations with your game, from your direct immediate users, first, and then you can play. It sort of will act as a filter, yes. But I believe if there are poor people out there who want to enter this competition, they can get the help needed. (I volunteer, of course, PM me if you have a great game but need ~$100 .. "gamedeetsplz" ..)