Farewell, Steam Greenlight. Hello, Steam Direct. - by Pyrian
Pyrian on 10/2/2017 at 20:43
So, Greenlight is getting axed: (
http://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/558846854614253751)
Quote:
The next step in these improvements is to establish a new direct sign-up system for developers to put their games on Steam. This new path, which we’re calling “Steam Direct,” is targeted for Spring 2017 and will replace Steam Greenlight. We will ask new developers to complete a set of digital paperwork, personal or company verification, and tax documents similar to the process of applying for a bank account. Once set up, developers will pay a recoupable application fee for each new title they wish to distribute, which is intended to decrease the noise in the submission pipeline.
The "digital paperwork" sounds suspiciously similar to what already happens post-Greenlight. Just acting like
anybody is "Greenlit" and adding a "recoupable" (would like more details on how that's going to work) fee nearer to the
end of the process.
I can't help noticing from the tone of the announcement that Valve thinks the problem with Greenlight is that it doesn't let
enough in. Hrm.
Yakoob on 10/2/2017 at 21:07
I just found out. So basically, there will be no barrier to publish on Steam aside from a potentially miniscule fee? Lord...
(clarification: the paperwork and fee will weed out some illegitimate, BUT Greenlgiht does that already and it hasn't stopped many scammers.)
Not that Greenlgiht is at all effective these days, but getting rid of it is hardly the solution here :|
WingedKagouti on 10/2/2017 at 22:14
The only redeeming feature is the fee per title thing, as that will hopefully slow down studios like Digital Homicide spamming the store with 5 different copies of the same game (possibly with a different skin and/or perspective) every month, in an attempt to milk the Trading Card & Market system. But I still expect there to be a ton of $1-3 titles clearly meant to milk money from Trading Cards.
henke on 11/2/2017 at 07:05
Quote Posted by Yakoob
I just found out. So basically, there will be no barrier to publish on Steam aside from a potentially miniscule fee? Lord...
Potentially not so miniscule.
Quote:
We talked to several developers and studios about an appropriate fee, and they gave us a range of responses from as low as $100 to as high as $5,000. There are pros and cons at either end of the spectrum, so we'd like to gather more feedback before settling on a number.
I'd like to get a game on Steam one of these days, but if they end up going as high as 500 or over then VALVE ARE KILLING MY DREAMS! Think I might prefer Greenlight's "$100 fee+getting people to vote on your game"-system if that's the case.
And what do they mean by "recoupable fee"? That you can make it back by selling enough copies? Well, no shit.
I'm fine with the floodgates being opened even further though. What's wrong with having even more choice? Not like there's a shortage of curators and reviewers and gamers on the internet to separate the wheat from the chaff.
PigLick on 11/2/2017 at 08:41
Henke i reckon some of your games are well interesting and different enough to make some kind of splash on Steam.
PigLick on 11/2/2017 at 12:59
hell yes cos i wont be bothering with it, but if its on steam and easy to install then yes
Nameless Voice on 11/2/2017 at 13:36
My interpretation of "recoupable fee" is that it's basically a deposit.
You give them, say, €500, and once your game sells 1,000 units, they give it back.
If your game doesn't sell those 1,000 units, then they keep the money because listing it was a waste of their time.
Then, the amount of the fee doesn't really matter, since you get it back. It would just be to make sure people don't try to publish things that no one is actually going to buy.
Maybe for free titles, it would be a number of (free) installs instead of a number of sales.
That's all speculation, of course.
PigLick on 11/2/2017 at 14:49
they can keep their fucing money cos they are shithoels bahahabahabahabaha wahahahaha
wang wang
also fuck trump
and also mr duck cos he is a shit who doesnt post anymore you little fuck
PigLick on 11/2/2017 at 14:49
wait i take that back i am a normal person
PigLick on 11/2/2017 at 15:33
holy shit i am really wasted, sorry, they had wine tasting what the hell was i supposed to do?
not taste the wine?
hmmm
while that was a possibilty they had this quite atttractive female spruikung the wine, what do you do?
what you do is taste the wine, whilst nodding as if you know a whole loota shit about wine, then you go, yeh nah im gonnna buy this litre bottle of chardannoy for 9 bucks co you know, 9 fucking bucks
