• m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
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    17 hours ago

    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.

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      16 hours ago

      While I agree there are people who still buy those crap, so gotta put this here:

    • tal@lemmy.today
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      15 hours ago

      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”.

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      15 hours ago

      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.

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      16 hours ago

      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.

    • purplerabbit (she/her 🏳️‍⚧️)@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      12 hours ago

      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.