You didn’t get the point I was trying to make. How do you know that a value like $5000 would be enough to prevent trash in getting in? How do you know that this value will help Steam and not hurt it? Unless you know of some store that has a entry fee of X with no trash in it, we can talk about numbers. Until your value and everyone’s else are meaningless, and therefore, are as valid as mine.
Is anyone in this thread publishing crappy games on Steam? I bet not, therefore, all the values presented here are not a very good indicator, isn’t it?
If we want to have an estimation of the fee, we must know how much the devs of these crappy games are willing to pay to have their games in the store. Who knows, maybe $250 is more than enough.
Of course $5000 is trivial to find, just like $25,000, if your game is good. It just takes a little more time and effort.