Valve's New Greenlight Fee Causing Hot Air on Steam
In order to ensure a smooth mechanism, Valve wants cash for gaming.
Steam's Greenlight system that enables people (real people) to get their games and other software into the market with the blessing and some of the expertise of, well, Valve has hit reality. This means cost.
According to the official channel, "Submissions of all kinds have been pouring in to Steam Greenlight. As of this post, there are over 700 submissions, but that doesn’t really tell the whole story of what’s being submitted..." That whole story is - as you'd probably have guessed based on how Internet humanity normally reacts to open-handed and useful offerings such as Greenlight - rather muddy.
"Two things we’ve noticed so far. First, there are a ton of legitimate submissions that people want to see. Second, there is unfortunately a significant amount of noise and clutter being submitted, either as a joke or by fans not fully understanding the purpose of Greenlight. "
This means that there have had to be 'updates':
"The first update is a $100 fee for someone to post to Steam Greenlight. The proceeds will be donated to Child’s Play. We have no interest in making money from this, but we do need to cut down the noise in the system. (Note: Anyone who has already posted a submission to Greenlight will not have to retroactively pay for any existing submissions, but will need to do so for any future submissions.)"
"The second part of this update is to improve your window into Greenlight and help you find “your kind” of games. The next time you visit Steam Greenlight you’ll be shown a smaller, manageable list of games that you haven’t rated. This view is a mix of popular games and new games to Greenlight."
Frankly, to us this makes a bunch of sense. It has, as usual, caused some Twitter debate mostly among people who don't want the actual bother of getting decent games made for Greenlight.
What do you think of the changes? Tell us in our lovely AND FREE Forums bless your heart!
Source: dahorsesmouth
According to the official channel, "Submissions of all kinds have been pouring in to Steam Greenlight. As of this post, there are over 700 submissions, but that doesn’t really tell the whole story of what’s being submitted..." That whole story is - as you'd probably have guessed based on how Internet humanity normally reacts to open-handed and useful offerings such as Greenlight - rather muddy.
"Two things we’ve noticed so far. First, there are a ton of legitimate submissions that people want to see. Second, there is unfortunately a significant amount of noise and clutter being submitted, either as a joke or by fans not fully understanding the purpose of Greenlight. "
This means that there have had to be 'updates':
"The first update is a $100 fee for someone to post to Steam Greenlight. The proceeds will be donated to Child’s Play. We have no interest in making money from this, but we do need to cut down the noise in the system. (Note: Anyone who has already posted a submission to Greenlight will not have to retroactively pay for any existing submissions, but will need to do so for any future submissions.)"
"The second part of this update is to improve your window into Greenlight and help you find “your kind” of games. The next time you visit Steam Greenlight you’ll be shown a smaller, manageable list of games that you haven’t rated. This view is a mix of popular games and new games to Greenlight."
Frankly, to us this makes a bunch of sense. It has, as usual, caused some Twitter debate mostly among people who don't want the actual bother of getting decent games made for Greenlight.
What do you think of the changes? Tell us in our lovely AND FREE Forums bless your heart!
Source: dahorsesmouth
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