The best thing for them to do would be simply to adopt the app store model, whether it's Apple's or Google's. Open to all comers who can pay the fee, but with a

The best thing for them to do would be simply to adopt the app store model, whether it's Apple's or Google's. Open to all comers who can pay the fee, but with a brief approval process. Greenlight was a failed experiment, and it's extremely encouraging to see them acknowledging that. Valve could be, if they want to, the platform for all indie games, not just broadly popular ones. So far they've resisted that, and I can't imagine it's been a particularly good business decision. I know people want "curation", but have you seen some of the crap that's already on Steam? Probably not, because it rarely features on their storefront, which can always be curated regardless of how many other games they accept and sell, which might only be found through a search or a direct link. That's the best of both worlds.