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Article #697512Re: Steam shovelware
From: Rin Stowleigh
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:02
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:02
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On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 22:52:39 +0000, Mr Rob <noemail...@jsjsaiiowppw.com> wrote: >Goodbye (and good riddance) Steam Greenlight, hello Steam Direct > >Hopefully it will help to rid Steam of at least some of the garbage >and dodgy practices that Greenlight was riddled with. > > >***WARNING*** > >***NOT SUITABLE FOR WORK OR FAMILY VIEWING*** > > >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTfxrH9R1yc I think my shovelware radar must have become fine-tuned. I guess I've just learned to ignore most of the early access, green light, recommended for me, etc. crap and zero in on the games I'm really interested in, doing adequate research before purchasing. I mostly ignore all the marketing noise. Not including a few indie or older games in the $2-5, I went through my list of Steam purchases, and I only bought four games in the past year over Steam: (in no particular order) - Doom - Watch_Dogs 2 - The Following DLC for Dying Light (yes its DLC but kind of like a new game) - Shadow Warrior 2 Then outside of Steam of course Battlefield One on Origin, and Overwatch directly from Blizzards store. All of these were winners really.
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