I see studios going out of business because their games are failing to reach their target audiences. The discovery ecosystem is more broken now than I've ever seen it in my decades in the industry.
TLDR: Valve ex employee makes up excuses about Steam discovery sucking. Main point being it’s not Steam’s job to make games discoverable, and that even if it were people only hear about new games on social media so it’s pointless to try. Humble brags about trying. Post title is tangential at best.
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TLDR: Valve ex employee makes up excuses about Steam discovery sucking. Main point being it’s not Steam’s job to make games discoverable, and that even if it were people only hear about new games on social media so it’s pointless to try. Humble brags about trying. Post title is tangential at best.