Comment on Steam now warns about Early Access that have not been updated in months.
Glide@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
This is what a company looks like when it’s not funded by venture capitalists that insist the line always go up exponentially.
Good on Steam for taking the time an energy to create a feature that is strictly pro-consumer.
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
They just know that line going up steadily is more valuable than line going up exponentially until people get sick of your shit.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Not like the shareholders care about long term projects.
I mean they might die before they see the end result
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
I don’t know about this, but only because Steam has a very unique position in their market. Lots of intense loyalists for Steam means long-term projects yield hype and reputation.
For example, the Steam Deck was a high cost high impact long-term project, and it wasn’t even in the interest of leading the handheld gaming market. It still brought them a lot of good press, and it also spearheaded the adoption of handheld gaming PCs - whether running SteamOS, Windows, or other linux distros - most of which are using Steam as the primary gaming library.