There is always going to be more art produced than people want to buy - nothing Valve can do to change that. Hell, it doesn’t even require capitalism - a similar ratio was seen when most art was produced via patronage half a millennia ago. If anything, Steam with whatever faults it has, democratizes it more by making it easier to discover niche stuff with limited appeal.
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- geekwithsoul@piefed.socialtoGames@lemmy.world•Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anythingEnglish161·10 days ago
- geekwithsoul@piefed.socialtoGames@lemmy.world•Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anythingEnglish1372·11 days ago
That’s basically how art and media have always worked. This isn’t a function of Steam, or even the modern economy.
So just replying with meaningless and unrelated word salad now? Got it.