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Hello guys. I see you've been busy over here despite the lack of news.

First of all, thanks Pemalite and m_csquare for your kind words. Sadly, things did't go as we hoped, but well, there's nothing else we could do.

And yes, m_csquare, PC parts are a lot cheaper in the US compared to Europe, and that happened even when the Euro was a lot stronger than it is now.

Speaking of PC parts, hey viv, have you looked into that retro PC to play old WinXP games? Because I did (I had to keep my mind busy) and ended up with this build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KXr3d6. At ˜$600 t's a lot more expensive than I though (and that's without the OS!), but you can cut corners in a lot of places like going with the stock CPU cooler, getting another mobo (that's the only one listed there that was ok) or replacingthe R9 380 2GB with either a GTX 1050 or RX 460. The 380 is the fastest of the three, but also about 100 € more expensive, so an RX 460 could be the best choice as it's more powerful than the 1050 and powers the cheapest cards of the three.

Now that you're banned (you should be more careful, one of these days you'll be permabanned), you can give it a go when you're tired of playing Gothic.

As for the supression of Steam Greenlight, I think it's a good move, but the replacing system will be worse than Greenlight. Many trash games have publishers that will put those "up to $5,000" without a problem, while other small games developed by very small teams or even by just one person, like Stardew Valley or Banished, could not get pn Steam because the devs won't be able to risk all that money.

The only good option would be for Valve to actually make their job and check out every game before approval, but that demands hiring more people and, given that they don't even hire enough staff to develop games (no, those 3 unnanounced VR games mean nothing until we see what they are), I don't see them hiring more people just to keep their store clean(er) or junk... junk that gives them money.