Comment on 'If you can’t show your game to the world without fearing it’ll be cloned, something’s broken' says Moonlighter studio on its canceled demo

Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Dagobah@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My question is who would actually buy the clones anyway? It’s not really like the old days where you can scam old people with a handheld gamebox360, surely most people savvy enough to use steam are going to support the indie Dev or just pirate the game outright?

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  • Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It took me a few moments to work out what the feeling was looking over NextFest. Once I did, I joined the groaning online discourse. But a lot of people view Steam browsing more casually, and don’t have such forums.

    The exact moment of “I’ve been fooled!” is unclear too. Many genuine indie devs have traditionally put out half-functional games, so it’s nothing new, and sometimes you just get what you pay for.

    But Steam’s gotta do something about this or it’s going to degrade the value of the store.

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  • Jtotheb@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Savvy enough to use Steam? The company that rules the PC marketplace due to their philosophy of making games extremely easy to acquire and play?

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