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Re: Steam shovelware

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From: rri... Ross Ridge
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2017 05:54
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Mr Rob  <noemail...@jsjsaiiowppw.com> wrote:
>I don't suppose it's ever going to end, because Valve doesn't seem to
>care that a sizeable percentage of its entire catalogue was released
>in 2016 and most of it was utter garbage. I don't even bother with my
>Discovery queue anymore.

Eh... I don't have a problem with that.  The more the merrier, as far as
I'm concerned.  I'm viewed 7,534 games in the discovery queue so far,
as I find it actually pretty interesting to see what games are being
released on Steam even most of them are crap.  Most games were crap even
before Valve opened the doors wide open.

About the only problem with it is that there are undoubtably gems that are
going to be overlooked.  Games that might not have AAA production values,
but are still well made games that do something new and innovative to
distinguish themselves.  But while they may be lost in all the crap,
it's still better than the old system were they would've never even made
it on to Steam.

Steam, with their discovery queue, is at least trying to do something to
bring greater awareness to these games.  It's even easier to get a gsme
on Apple's App Store or Google Play, but it not something you'd notice
because they really only try to show you their "top" games.

					Ross Ridge

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