Which store with curation does strike the right balance?The argument of "b-b-but some good games might not make it on" is bullshit. If you can't spot what is a legitimate attempt vs some edgelord cash/mindshare grab, you've got problems.
As long as it doesn't exist, I find it hard to just accept that it being easily possible is a fact.
Especially since e.g. GoG (which would be a nice platform to me because of other concerns, including DRM) is ruined by what I consider overzealous curation.
Anyway, I made an argument a few pages back that no one has as of yet replied to:
The fact that there is some kind of expectation in games for our content providers to also serve as content quality filters among some is the aberration here, compared to any other entertainment medium.
Is Amazon hugely problematic because it allows me to order pretty much any book that has an ISBN and is available, including far more hateful and horrible shit than anything on Steam? What about the book store a few streets away from me which has more or less the same policy?
Why -- other than a history of much of gaming being controlled by a few companies who want to maintain a family-friendly image -- do we expect game distribution services to curate the "quality" of the products they offer, when we do not have the same expectations for books (or films for that matter)?