You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments View context

But the barrier to entry for publishing a game on Steam is super-low, it’s honestly dead simple. And even though Steam takes a sizeable cut, they do tons of work in exchange w.r.t. promotion, distribution, community management, the modding workshop, Steam Input, testing Steam Deck compatibility, etc…

For indies it’s one of the easiest routes to publish a game. And given the relative success of indies on Steam, it seems to work quite well.

permalink
report
parent
reply
-5 points

Although I agree that steam has done a lot for indies, the issue remains, no matter how many stans downvote me.

permalink
report
parent
reply

But then perhaps you could articulate what the exact issue is? Like, what ill effects is Steam being a very major player having on the gaming industry as a whole?

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

I don’t understand, how is Steam good for Indies but bad for studios?

permalink
report
parent
reply

Games

!games@sh.itjust.works

Create post

Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)

Posts.

  1. News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
  2. Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
  3. No humor/memes etc…
  4. No affiliate links
  5. No advertising.
  6. No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
  7. No self promotion.
  8. No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
  9. No politics.

Comments.

  1. No personal attacks.
  2. Obey instance rules.
  3. No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc…)
  4. Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.

My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

Other communities:

Beehaw.org gaming

Lemmy.ml gaming

lemmy.ca pcgaming

Community stats

  • 5.5K

    Monthly active users

  • 12K

    Posts

  • 84K

    Comments

Community moderators