18-24 months ago if a game got onto steam, there was a rather decent chance the game was at least functional, and at worst mediocre. Many of my favorite games were discovered and bought just by finding something that looked cool in the new releases section.
Now? New releases morphed into a dumping ground for trashy cloned mobile games, and there is no real level of quality to just getting on steam.
Many seem to be applauding the fact that greenlight approves trash constantly, and that Steam is becoming more and more like the App store. This is even though the app store might be the single worst store front in terms of finding quality content in all of software.
I build a low/midrange PC in 2009, and had planned on building a new PC (no longer working just a part time job while in college like I was then) and either skipping the generation, or snagging them for cheap at the end. The decline of quality in steam is one of the biggest reasons 95% of my gaming time is spent on my vita or ps4 nowadays. At least when a random indie game gets released on these platforms it either is a known piece of crap like angry birds, or it has at least a smidgen of decency.
Is it too late for steam to turn back? Do you want them to? Has this influenced your hardware choices or am I just a wackjob?
Now? New releases morphed into a dumping ground for trashy cloned mobile games, and there is no real level of quality to just getting on steam.
Many seem to be applauding the fact that greenlight approves trash constantly, and that Steam is becoming more and more like the App store. This is even though the app store might be the single worst store front in terms of finding quality content in all of software.
I build a low/midrange PC in 2009, and had planned on building a new PC (no longer working just a part time job while in college like I was then) and either skipping the generation, or snagging them for cheap at the end. The decline of quality in steam is one of the biggest reasons 95% of my gaming time is spent on my vita or ps4 nowadays. At least when a random indie game gets released on these platforms it either is a known piece of crap like angry birds, or it has at least a smidgen of decency.
Is it too late for steam to turn back? Do you want them to? Has this influenced your hardware choices or am I just a wackjob?