Developer Says Steam Greenlight Going Away within a Year as Steam Becomes More Open

Developer Says Steam Greenlight Going Away within a Year as Steam Becomes More Open

According to Tweets (via CVG) made by Jonathan Biddle of Curve Studios, Valve may be getting rid of their Steam Greenlight service within the next 12 months.

We met with Valve at GDC, and they say Greenlight will be gone within 12 months. They'll still offer curated space, but otherwise be open.

This tends to go hand in hand with what Gabe Newell said a couple of months ago about wanting to make Greenlight go away as Steam evolves. This also ties in with how Valve is giving more control over games and sales to the developer instead of having to go through Valve.

Let's just hope this new "openness" doesn't mean the platform is going to be filled with even more bloat, junk, and shovelware than it already is.
Tags: pc, apple, Other, Multi, valve, steam, greenlight, steam greenlight, gabe newell, shovelware, bloat, jonathan biddle, curve studios
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  CptainCrunch commented
  
  03-25-2014, 02:08 PM
  
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  Yeah, I dont know about this. I know Valve is very successful in their model and they tend to think things through, but this is a bit like the Apple Store vs the Google Play Store.
  
  Play Store has a ton more stuff, but a lot of it sucks. Apple store has less and the cost can be more, but it tends to have some quality control.
  
  IDK, maybe that wasnt a good analogy, but bad could come from this.
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  K-16 commented
  
  03-25-2014, 11:50 PM
  
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  No-no, that makes sense. That's a good analogy. Quite frankly, how many markets is "ANYTHING Simulator 201X" sold on? I mean Surgeon Simulator 2013 doesn't count, because that's a parody of how saturated the "Simulator" genre is, and that was BEFORE Logistics and Car Mechanic showed up. And Logistics has a zombie DLC pack... I understand I'm not forced to buy these games, but dang it this is making it more difficult to find better and more deserving games, if they're always buried under crap.
  
  I'm actually wondering when Humble Bundle will convince all the publishers to team up and put together a Simulator Bundle just to harsh troll us.
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