Steam continues to dominate the PC gaming market in both players and revenue, but GOG’s new owner believes its success comes down to convenience, not content quality. He says GOG plans to compete by focusing on a curated library of classic and modern titles rather than matching Steam’s scale.
To be fair, Steam/Valve shouldn’t be the one that judge the quality of the game, it should be the customers by voting with their wallets.
Yeah, I’ve enjoyed some games that wouldn’t have made the cut if cuts were to be made. I don’t want steam curating what is on there. Sounds like GoG does, which is another reason not to use it I suppose. (I guess I was being a little rhetorical there, I actually plan on checking GOG more often and even installed their store program on my PC last night to make checking easier. Still, I don’t think throwing shade at Steam over being a platform for selling games that is more open is how to draw in business.)
While I agree there are people who still buy those crap, so gotta put this here:
And they’ll enjoy the game or refund it, since both options are incredibly easy to do.
Of course but I meant people who buy for buying’s sake, for +1 on the badge.
There are also some cases you cannot refund after 14 days, happened to me once.
Who the fuck cares?
It’s true, but so are those that run things. Billionaires, politicians, CEOs, they are all.
What a complete and utter idiot this piece of crap is.
nice slur you got there…
However they’ve banned games without reason many times. Wanting to be a broad marketplace is fine, but I just wish they were either committed to the bit or went back to curation because they had a higher density of good games back in the days of Greenlight.
Agreed. Open publication, as opposed to gatekeeping publication, is desirable for creative expression in society.
Just imagine how many great works never saw the light of day or reached completion because publishers didn’t bite. Obviously the internet and digital media broke this dynamic to a degree, but I’m sure it’s a significant amount.
I would guess that he’s looking for a response to someone pointing out that Steam has a larger game library than GOG.
Like, he’s gonna say “yes, but a higher proportion of the excluded games aren’t good”.
Ah yes, the market will decide. And famously, the market has always been good at deciding.
No, I think that’s bullshit. I think Valve should curate more of their games. I don’t think they should allow Nazi trash and fucking hate crime simulators on their platform.
Steam has more trash than games nowadays. I wish they never stopped curating games. At least to some degree even if not fully.
Don’t those games largely get removed from the platform?
No one likes a devil’s advocate.