Gabe Newell Wants To Make Steam Greenlight Go Away
Speaking at the recent Steam Dev Days event, Valve head honcho Gabe Newell has said that he hopes that Steam Greenlight will one day be rendered defunct.
As the service adapts to match consumer need Newell believes that the voting system in place will become irrelevant as the online store makes strides to step in line with other marketplaces such as Apple’s iTunes App Store and Google’s Play service…
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Newell said at the event that Valve’s goal is world domination “to make Greenlight go away. Not because it's not useful, but because we're evolving."
The Steam Greenlight service launched back in August 2012 to act as a gateway for indie developers to get their games published on Steam, through the use of a community voting system. Newell is reportedly interested in removing this system and breaking down the barriers between indie developers and publishing on Steam. This would bring it in line with traditional app stores and will allow more indie developers to get onto the service.
An open system such as that also brings with it a whole flood of new issues, including moderating the quality of the software available. If a turd such as Ashes Cricket 2013 was able to slip through the cracks though then anything is possible as it is. Services such as Google Play suffer for the sheer wealth of titles available, with often quality gaming experiences buried between stacks of Angry Birds and Candy Crush Saga clones.
What do you think of Gabe Newell’s goal to make Steam a more open service?
Do you think Greenlight is to the benefit of indie developers?
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