Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%' - eviltoast
  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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    18 days ago

    Pretty much, I mean I’ve seen amazing things the mainstream will never touch or know about… ultimately they made no money and the creators of them are either bitter or dead.

    And I’ve seen absolute shit become a global phenomenon

    Luck is sadly a necessary survival skill

    Oh and there’s Alone In The Dark which just defies any explanation I have because it had one good game that aged horribly, and people are still trying and failing to reboot it.

    • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
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      16 days ago

      We all have, i guess. Pearls slowly withering in the vast ocean of stuff. You can swap luck with money though. But not always. That’s mostly when “absolute shit” becomes the global phenomenon. Just throw enough money at it until some success may show.

      Oh yeah the effing reboots and remasters and endless sequels. Nobody dares to do new stuff coz they fear for their investment.