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vivster on 18 January 2017
KLAMarine said:
vivster said:
So no one asked why they made Steam into gaming's garbage dump?

Hey, when you have so many games to offer, there's going to be garbage.

Only if you let people dump their garbage in your store. Steam has proven that they actively support garbage.

Take PSN or Microsoft store for example. They at least have a look at the games before they are published. Valve doesn't even do that. Not a single look. If MS and Sony had the same policies their stores would be full of garbage as well.



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KLAMarine on 18 January 2017
vivster said:
KLAMarine said:

Hey, when you have so many games to offer, there's going to be garbage.

Only if you let people dump their garbage in your store. Steam has proven that they actively support garbage.

Take PSN or Microsoft store for example. They at least have a look at the games before they are published. Valve doesn't even do that. Not a single look.

True. If you're smart about it though, you should be able to avoid the garbage.



vivster on 18 January 2017
KLAMarine said:
vivster said:

Only if you let people dump their garbage in your store. Steam has proven that they actively support garbage.

Take PSN or Microsoft store for example. They at least have a look at the games before they are published. Valve doesn't even do that. Not a single look.

True. If you're smart about it though, you should be able to avoid the garbage.

How? The garbage takes away space on the front page, in new releases, in searches. Legitimate good games are being pushed down by the garbage. Even if you don't buy the garbage, it still leads to people overlooking the actual good games. That is just sad.

Imagine a gaming forum with 99% Switch threads. Try to avoid that hypothetical situation.



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KLAMarine on 18 January 2017
vivster said:
KLAMarine said:

True. If you're smart about it though, you should be able to avoid the garbage.

How? The garbage takes away space on the front page, in new releases, in searches. Legitimate good games are being pushed down by the garbage. Even if you don't buy the garbage, it still leads to people overlooking the actual good games. That is just sad.

I'll have to take your word for it since I get my game recommendations from the internet, not the front page.

vivster said:

Imagine a gaming forum with 99% Switch threads. Try to avoid that hypothetical situation.

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