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  • It's Been A Busy Year For Video Games - 2025 Edition

    From Spalls Hurgenson@spallshurgenson@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Tue Dec 2 17:56:41 2025
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    Last year, it was reported that 19,000 new games were added to the
    Steam marketplace. This year, that number is slightly down* --only
    18,000-- although the report _is_ a month earlier, so that may explain
    some of the deficit.

    And like last year, the vast, vast, _vast_ majority of those games are
    titles you've never heard of and likely never will. More than half of
    them have less than ten reviews (2000 of them haven't received any
    reviews at all). Another report that 40% of games failed to earn
    enough to recover the $100 fee Steam charges to list a game.**

    Honestly, I could do with a lot less games being released... not only
    onto Steam, but overall. Just because you created it doesn't mean you
    have to share it, and certainly doesn't entitle you to getting paid
    for it. But the lure of quick money has flooded the games marketplace
    with a lot of terrible titles. It makes the days of shovelware-CD
    games look quaint in comparison.

    <grump grump grump>















    * this: https://mp1st.com/news/18k-games-released-steam-2025-half-have-10-reviews
    ** that:
    https://mp1st.com/news/40-of-steam-games-in-2025-earned-less-than-100


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  • From candycanearter07@candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Wed Dec 3 20:10:11 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 22:56 this Tuesday (GMT):

    Last year, it was reported that 19,000 new games were added to the
    Steam marketplace. This year, that number is slightly down* --only
    18,000-- although the report _is_ a month earlier, so that may explain
    some of the deficit.

    And like last year, the vast, vast, _vast_ majority of those games are
    titles you've never heard of and likely never will. More than half of
    them have less than ten reviews (2000 of them haven't received any
    reviews at all). Another report that 40% of games failed to earn
    enough to recover the $100 fee Steam charges to list a game.**

    Honestly, I could do with a lot less games being released... not only
    onto Steam, but overall. Just because you created it doesn't mean you
    have to share it, and certainly doesn't entitle you to getting paid
    for it. But the lure of quick money has flooded the games marketplace
    with a lot of terrible titles. It makes the days of shovelware-CD
    games look quaint in comparison.

    <grump grump grump>















    * this: https://mp1st.com/news/18k-games-released-steam-2025-half-have-10-reviews
    ** that: https://mp1st.com/news/40-of-steam-games-in-2025-earned-less-than-100


    Are you suggesting a return of Steam Greenlight?
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