Comment on Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything

• daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The advertisement algorithm is pretty much understood. It depends on wishlist and first day sales.

  It’s not like Gabe, or anyone, is sitting there deciding which game gets advertised and which game isn’t. As far as algorithms go, steam one is pretty straightforward and fair afaik.

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  • brachiosaurus@mander.xyz ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s not like Gabe, or anyone, is sitting there deciding which game gets advertised and which game isn’t.

    They are indeed in charge of the ads on their website, not only they can decide what gets featured in ads but they also design the website page and the ads placement as they like.

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• matcha_addict@lemy.lol ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Wouldn’t they just advertise whatever makes them the most money, which would be the games people want to buy? I don’t see this as being radically different from how games were before steam was popular.

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