Thursday, 22 May 2014

PPP - Steam Greenlight

Steam Greenlight is a scheme developed by VALVe to allow aspiring developers to submit their upcoming games to be voted for by the gaming community. If the game idea generates enough interest then the game can be published and sold on Steam.



While Greenlight is a fantastic scheme for allowing developers to get their game published, there are a few faults. Firstly a great idea doesn't always guarantee a great game. There have been several instances of a game generating a massive amount of interest only to be released at a very poor quality. And secondly, on the reverse, a game will only get published if it generates interest, meaning that the game must be effectively advertised for people to vote on the game.

I feel the Greenlight could be an awesome opportunity for publishing Zeppelin for Hire games, however I will need to generate a strong network of contacts and followers to effectively advertise the game in order to generate enough votes to warrant publishing.

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