It's a really great idea, and Steam have done well to integrate this.
However, i get the feeling it will just be "get your twitter followers to approve your new game, regardless of how good it looks or sounds"
Ultimately it's still Valve's decision on what is available for sale on Steam. If a scenario like what you described happens for a game that is obviously crap then they'll strike it down, I'm sure.
Were there rumors about Steins;Gate or something?
I have actually personally tried to convince them to bring the game out in English with us doing the localization. They seem pretty close minded about the whole idea though.
I guess, but then it really defeats the point of the whole thing, surely?
I guess, but then it really defeats the point of the whole thing, surely?
At a minimum, a game info form to fill out (with a description of a certain length) and at least one trailer plus a minimum number of screenshots. To weed out those who are pranking from those who are at least semi-serious. Or at least make it more time consuming to prank. If they fill the form out with gibberish --> permaban.It might prove to be more efficient in the future for both Steam and the users if there's some standard in place that allows one to submit a game and cut down on the pranking/garbage.
Is greenlight exclusively for indie titles only?
Is greenlight exclusively for indie titles only?
Strictly speaking, I wouldn't think so, but then if your game is publisher-backed, you shouldn't need it.
Yes, that's the entire point. Their workload has now been outsourced to us.
I'd say it's more an extension of Valve staying in tune with what their community wants, rather than an excuse for them to do less work.
I can't really see why it wouldn't be indie-only. The amount of indie submissions must be a mountain compared to the amount of studio submissions.
It's both.
"Excuse" in this case translates into "we don't have time to focus on both big and small games".
When TF2 made enough money on its own to go F2P, nobody said "it's just an excuse so they don't need to pay for the servers".
It's convenient, and it benefits both sides.
Sure, the service obviously exists for indies, but my point is that it's possible for publisher-backed games to be added to the Greenlight pool, but that would just add an unnecessary extra (and potentially slippery) step. If your game is supported by a publisher, there's no tangible reason to use Greenlight over the typical submission process.
we've become another one of Valve's cabals.
Another potential downside is Big Business Hate.
"Let's tweet all our friends to downvote Call of Duty 10/Dragon Age 6/Resident Evil 45"
... no...
Call of Dragon Evil 2.
I wonder if they are going to lower the vote limit. The highest pecentage for any of the game I've voted for is 5%.
I wonder if they are going to lower the vote limit. The highest pecentage for any of the game I've voted for is 5%.
Haha, mark my words, there will be a Japanese-developed game with that name at some point. If I had to guess, it'll be a Capcom game.
I voted for Pro Wrestling X: Uprising. Caught my interest a bit.
If you guys like No Mercy for N64 then vote for this game!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92916857&searchtext=
This is silly, 416 different games to vote for. Who can be bothered to sort through all that and find content they like? Would work a lot better if it was 5 a day, top one goes through etc. At least that way it's compelling to vote.
This is silly, 416 different games to vote for. Who can be bothered to sort through all that and find content they like? Would work a lot better if it was 5 a day, top one goes through etc. At least that way it's compelling to vote.
This is silly, 416 different games to vote for. Who can be bothered to sort through all that and find content they like? Would work a lot better if it was 5 a day, top one goes through etc. At least that way it's compelling to vote.
it wouldn't be so bad if there was an option to turn off the ones you already checked out (aka if you visit the page they won't show up again)
I am just checking out the RPGs and co op games... there are games in the other genres I would be interested in but given how they seem to randomize each page to some degree I could likely go through every page 3 times and still not see all of the current games :/
I will fight anyone that uses it, for it is mine. I will copyright it like a website.
Vote and they're taken off.
Vote and they're taken off.
Me too man!Shiiit, I would totally buy Steins;Gate.
This is silly, 416 different games to vote for. Who can be bothered to sort through all that and find content they like?
Me too man!
Using my criteria of games that are
- in beta, or very close to being in beta
- Look professional
- Were not fucking made in fucking RPG Maker fuck
Using my criteria of games that are
- Already released, in beta, or very close to being in beta
- Look professional
- Were not fucking made in fucking RPG Maker fuck
Here's my favorites list:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/VALIS/...yfavorites&p=1&sortmethod=alpha&numperpage=30
Mind you, there are still like 150 games I haven't rated yet so I very likely missed some good ones, but a lot of them looked like crap at a glance.