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This assumes Valve isn't artifically bumping up the Steam Machine for more exposure.
by nvarsj 2mo ago
This assumes Valve isn't artifically bumping up the Steam Machine for more exposure.
- kibwen 2mo agoThis makes no sense. Valve can already just advertise the Steam Machine on the homepage, the page that everyone sees when they open Steam. They don't need to manipulate any rankings on the top-sellers list, the page that no ordinary person regularly looks at.
- lapelusa 2mo agoExactly. Plus, Valve is the last company that I know of that IA transparent about metrics.
- Onawa 2mo agoFunny enough, I literally looked at the top sellers list last night, for the first time in probably years. I decided to look after I saw Palworld topping the charts, which I thought was interesting since it released early access 2 years ago. Turns out it just released v1.0.
- infecto 2mo agoAgree with the rest but I pretty regularly look at the top selling and new & upcoming.
- lapelusa 2mo agoWhy would we assume otherwise? Valve, with all its flaws, is the one mainstream company that I'm aware of that is consumer friendly and has no issues disclosing real metrics.
- serf 2mo agowhy would we assume a corporate entity wouldn't manipulate popularity numbers on an owned and unregulated platform that sells their own goods? https://80.lv/articles/former-valve-developer-claims-steam-lies-about-small-games-player-number https://80.lv/articles/former-valve-developer-claims-steam-l... owning 'the list' for a thing makes a company, it's why billboard still has any relevance.
- hilariously 2mo agoThat guy basically saying that sampling bias is the problem, not the company steering numbers for games.
- AndrewDucker 2mo agoThey already can't make enough to keep up with demand. Inducing more demand at this point doesn't make them any more money.