Steam feels like Newgrounds

[Kiwilicious]

Too many of these "developers" being able to sell their games on Steam is really hurting everyone.

[Zekiran]

Oh noes, people making games and attempting to sell them on a game distribution site? what is the world coming to?


I understand what you MEAN, but... that IS what Steam is FOR.

[Serell]

That's because Steam IS Newgrounds now. Isn't it great? Don't you LOVE Newgrounds????

[Cathal]

I don't really see how it's hurting me? I ignore the games that I have no interest in, big budget or indie. That or I filter them out or mark as not interested.

Burning an extra calorie with a mouse click is hardly cause for concern, and as long as I research sufficiently and don't support games I consider junk, they don't really have any negative impact.

[Legion]

They're pretty easy to identify and ignore so they don't bother me too much.

But Steam is definitely not the platform to sell unpolished high school computer class projects.

[Start_Running]

MysticalKiwi の投稿を引用：

@Cathal But not everyone is as meticulous as you. Being complacent of a bad system (at least I see it as a bad system) isn't helping anyone. If games published here were held to a stardard, I feel it would no doubt be for the better.

They aare held to a standard. It just isn't your standard. Keep that in mind. As is. The complaint about bad games is like complaining that a supermarket stocks a brand of non dairy ice cream you don't fancy. A normal person will just buy the ice cream brand that they like and ignore what they don't.

Others will feel outraged at the very existence of the offending tub of ice cream in the store and demand that it not be stocked.

[Serell]

So um, where is that standard? I can't find it anywhere, the hole is too deep.

Start_Running の投稿を引用：

Others will feel outraged at the very existence of the offending tub of garbage in the store and demand that it not be stocked.

[sfnhltb]

People agree that 90% (or more) of everything is crap. They just disagree on which 90% that is (with a few exceptions).

Just remember in your calls to promote someone to be your online Nanny and decide which games you are allowed to buy and which ones you aren't, no one in the world will have the same tastes as you, so don't be surprised when things you considered good and interesting disappear because someone else didn't see any value in them.

[Zekiran]

Indeed I'd rather have to sift through piles of junk to find something interesting to ME. Not everyone needs or wants "just the AAA titles" from any given established company. Sometimes you find absolute gems in that rubble. And if it's like a 5 dollar game, who's losing if you enjoy it?

[hsf_]

Shower with your Dad Simulator.

Enough said.

[76561198407601200]

MysticalKiwi の投稿を引用：

Too many of these "developers" being able to sell their games on Steam is really hurting everyone.

As someone who played quite a few games on newgrounds, I have to disagree. Even some of the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ games I've seen are at least better looking than ng games.

[僕の名前 (仮)]

But I remember cool flash videos. Never been on newgrounds site, but I've seen their logo with tank in early youtube.

[LunaFortuna]

I absolutely adore some of the lower budget indie games that have mixed reviews and even mostly negative reviews. Just because not everyone will see the beauty in a game, doesn't mean that someone out there won't. What someone may call "crap", another person may find a beautiful experience. The only exception, in my opinion, is completely broken games that glitch constantly, have a terrible UI, and are broken and unplayable. A game may have good potential, but, I've seen lots of good games destroyed by these things, especially if the devs abandon ship and never create updates that fix these problems. Otherwise, both me, my friends, and my boyfriend have all enjoyed games that were on the lower scale of the mixed ~ negative review spectrum. I think every dev and every game does deserve a chance. If it's utter garbage, you can always refund it. I know that it's a bit tedious to sort through what most people call shovelware nowadays, but, it's no different than being at a garage sale or thrift store and rummaging around to find the hidden gems, etc. This is the virtual equivalent to that. I find it rather fun to rummage through Steam and try to isolate the crappy games from the hidden gems. If I end up buying something that I absolutely detest, or a game that's completely unplayable, I'll just request a refund immediately and it'll usually be granted very quickly. I really see no problem, here? YOU may not like a lot of the games that are coming out daily and weekly, and YOU may not like sorting through them, and YOU may think that a lot of them are garbage, but YOU are not the only person on here and some of us have no problems with the way things are and we enjoy sorting through all of these interesting and new games that come out weekly. Sure, some of them look crappy, but, I think we should all have the common sense to read reviews, watch Youtube playthroughs, etc. to make the decision on whether to buy a game or not if we're on the fence. You're essentially complaining about the fact that we have TOO many games, and that's somehow a problem? A first world problem, if you ask me. Even some of the crappiest games that come out on Steam daily would have been considered to be GOLD back in the 80s / early 90s. Lets not forget that one of the earliest forms of video gaming was Atari Pong which consisted of hitting a ball back and forth... and, people back then thought that was absolutely epic. Now, it's turned into: "Oh no, we are so privileged. Too privileged. We have ALLLLLL these games that we have to rummage through and UGH, wherever shall we find the time?!"