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[–] 30 points 2 months ago (10 children)

"Half of all paid games on Steam have earned less than an estimated $3,622 in their entire lifetime," the report reads. "A game at the 90th percentile has earned about $236,184, and the 99th percentile starts at $15,872,031."

10% making over $235k paints a very different picture tho...

Especially considering how 8/10 games seem to be utter slop lately.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Especially considering how 8/10 games seem to be utter slop lately.

    'Platformer', 'roguelike', 'survival', 'base building'

    Four horsemen of steam slop.

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  • [+] [S] -26 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    Recall, percentages are projections for masses that can only count to 100. It is, as this data demonstrates, a very limiting projection for logarithmic scales. When folks can see the cliff, they truly see the nepotistic curation Valve rerewards. There’s no «Surprise me!» like in spotify or bandcamp. «New indie titles to try!» «Indie of the week!» etc..

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  • [–] 28 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    Literally like…. 20 indie showcases and steam next fests and such a year which all promote indie games in their own preview/sale/etc?

    Edit: literally a bowling and pinball showcase going on right now with plenty of niche indie games?

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