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Topic	Steam is looking grim for indie developers. 82% games make less than min. wage
Darmik 03/25/18 11:36:24 PM #64:	Jeff AKA Snoopy posted... Wow, you are so short sighted. The game sold especially well on Switch because it came first to Switch, as opposed to Steam. It has nothing to do with Steam not doing good enough "advertising" about it. It had plenty of word of mouth and amazing reviews. What Steam didn't have was first dibs on the game. How am I shortsighted? Super Meat Boy selling a lot on 360 didn't mean it flopped on Steam right? This game has a lot of exposure and good word of mouth. Yet it still flopped on Steam. That's the worry for developers here. We have developers of games like Blossom Tales who outright have said that if it wasn't for the game selling on Switch they'd close down. Switch eShop is a good place for indies right now. Nobody is arguing against that. The discussion is about Steam. --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:898496960] in Steam is l... [t:76453089]...</cite> <quote><cite>Jeff AKA Snoopy posted...</cite> <quote>Wow, you are so short sighted. The game sold especially well on Switch because it came first to Switch, as opposed to Steam. It has nothing to do with Steam not doing good enough "advertising" about it. It had plenty of word of mouth and amazing reviews. What Steam didn't have was first dibs on the game.</quote> How am I shortsighted? Super Meat Boy selling a lot on 360 didn't mean it flopped on Steam right? This game has a lot of exposure and good word of mouth. Yet it still flopped on Steam. That's the worry for developers here. We have developers of games like Blossom Tales who outright have said that if it wasn't for the game selling on Switch they'd close down. Switch eShop is a good place for indies right now. Nobody is arguing against that. The discussion is about Steam. --- Kind Regards, Darmik</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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