The issue is that people on Steam are getting spammed with crappy games. You cannot find good games anymore. When you release your game it will be gone in less than 1 hour from the ‘New Releases’ section because Steam is being flooded with junk games that look like a 4 year old hit the keyboard randomly for 3 hours.
That means that small companies who are low on budget will not be able to sell - so unless you dump 50.000 or 100.000$ into YouTubers showing your game you can just fack off. Because your product will be as successful as all those junk games. That’s what he is complaining about.
Personally i don’t give a ■■■■, i got lucky i released 2-3 games on Steam during the good years so i’m in the position to dish out a 100k to make a game popular. But i fully understand the thread starter. That being said, it’s a good thing - because by giving everyone a way to release ■■■■ it basically stops other companies from being successful on that platform. Gotta love it.
So if you have a good game, show me your prototype, i might fund it for a 50% share. In the end 50% of a million is better than 100% of nothing…