Valve, and in turn Gabe Newell, are practically worshipped because they are Pro Consumer. They will do everything they can to ensure that Consumers can Consume without restriction or delay Valve good. Newell good. Developers doing anything but creating Product to be Consumed is bad. A line is drawn - ThreadSky

dominictarason.com • 94 days ago

Valve, and in turn Gabe Newell, are practically worshipped because they are Pro Consumer. They will do everything they can to ensure that Consumers can Consume without restriction or delay

Valve good. Newell good. Developers doing anything but creating Product to be Consumed is bad. A line is drawn

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damiano.bsky.social•94 days ago

Definitely not a random choice that Steam does not enforce any anti-extremist policy

elderlygoose.bsky.social•94 days ago

Which I find baffling given when Steam launched it made Halflife2 unplayable most of the time 😆

dominictarason.com•94 days ago

And at this point, I think Valve maintain a lot of their Black Box business model because it allows them to keep up this perception.

You don't hear about Valve developers being frustrated, or tired, or worse yet - POLITICAL - you just see the black box pop out a Product every once in a while.

andrewmichael.bsky.social•94 days ago

One of a tumult of reasons why I don't buy anything from Steam.
Plus I had problems with a few purchases a while ago, and not only did they not fix it, they suspended my account.

I only use Zoom, itch and GOG now.

dominictarason.com•94 days ago

You are not a Consumer. I am not a Content Creator or Influencer. Despite what corporate metrics may claim, I am not seeking Engagement or Return On Investment.

Remove those labels from your head. You are a person. A games studio is a group of people who want to make games. Treat them as such.

iriswolf.bsky.social•94 days ago

having now kept close attention to a Steam Forum for a game i worked on for 3 years, god damn what tea you are serving today and it is right that you do so.

Steam Forums are a mistake and i would've turned them off if Valve let me

dominictarason.com•94 days ago

I believe that you can - you can just delete all threads and lock the boards with a little sticky saying 'join our discord/forum over here'. I've seen enough small studios do it because they don't have the manpower to moderate a Steam forum.

iriswolf.bsky.social•94 days ago

Oh damn, then i must've overlooked the option. The Backend is a bit of a labyrinth too and i never received any training with it or was able to check in with Steam before i was let go.

yellowlime.bsky.social•94 days ago

yeah, well said. respect the ones that have no KPIs or investors or CEOs

m-wake.bsky.social•94 days ago

In the recent Half-Life 2 documentary, Newell himself mostly refers to players as “customers”

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