Steam Greenlight to be killed – it’s evolution, baby
Valve wants developers to take control of the Steam Store, and Greenlight as we know it will be phased out
Valve to flip the switch on Steam Greenlight
Steam Greenlight to be killed – it’s evolution, baby
Valve wants developers to take control of the Steam Store, and Greenlight as we know it will be phased out
Well that didnt last very long...
As long as what ever they do they still support the indie guys then its cool...
i dont see why they're canning it, if it wasnt for greenlight blackmesa would probably have never made it onto steam.
Would this mean the end of Steam sales as we know if it if devs take control and market their own games?
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."
- T.E. Lawrence
I doubt it, the developers set the prices for the sales anyway.Originally Posted by Duke Dude
Aren't they making it easier to get things onto steam now? I thought it was more going towards a system of anyone being able to get something onto steam?
I approve of it not going to a vote somehow. That just means it's a popularity contest like Idols or something, and isn't necessarily indicative of the quality of a game. Developers often "pay off" voters by giving them something in exchange for voting, so then those people will vote because they're getting something and not because they like the game.
Worse case scenario, if this somehow doesn't work out in favour of the indie developers, they could always try getting their game on GOG.com.
Valve looking to do away with Greenlight
sourceAccording to Blooded Games CFO Dave Oshry and other developers who were in attendance at the Steam Dev Days event, Valve co-founder and managing director Gabe Newell had stated during the introductory address that Valve’s goal is to eventually get rid of Greenlight.
Oshry tweeted quotes from what Gabe Newell said. “Our goal is to make Greenlight go away, Not because it’s not useful, but because we’re evolving.” Oshry said that Newell had been talking about how he wanted to give developers more control over Steam and how they use the platform to promote their games.
Currently there aren’t a lot details as to why or how Greenlight will one day be removed from Steam. However earlier this week, Ridiculous Fishing developer Rami Ismail was reported as saying that he believes Valve would soon be killing Greenlight. In an article by PC Gamer which reported on a translated GameKings.tv interview featuring Ismail, he said:
“I’m thinking that because they’ve been clearing the queue at such a rapid rate, They’ve been clearing 100 games every month. . .You don’t do that because there are 100 good games on Greenlight every month. You do that because you want to get rid of everything that isn’t greenlit before you kill it, so you don’t upset developers.”
Better source.
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