The 'enshittification' of the Steam games platform is inevitable, and there are already warning signs.
  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
    212·
    9 months ago

    My primary complaint with Steam is the quality of the games.

    I’ve had a Steam account now for… let’s see here… 19 years:

    Being primarily a console gamer, I rarely used it until I bought a Steam Deck. Then I went looking for Steam exclusive games I couldn’t otherwise play on my Xbox Series X, PS5, Nintendo Switch…

    What I found was a lot of garbage porn games, and a lot of garbage anime games, and a lot of garbage anime porn games.

    It’s super difficult finding something worth while to play. So it’s not a surprise to me to see that the #1 game is eight years old:

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/gaming/8-year-old-game-is-currently-steam-deck-s-most-played/ar-BB1l2KRV

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      You’re essentially complaining that of the 50k+ games on Steam, you can’t find a game you like, and you prefer being handheld and told what you like by console companies?

      This is… a really weird argument. “Too much freedom, restrict me harder daddy Nintendo.”

      • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        9 months ago

        I’m looking for Steam exclusive games that I either can’t or haven’t already played on other hardware. Not an easy task.

    • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      you shouldn’t draw conclusions from outliers

      The recent 1.6 update for Stardew Valley is likely the reason for this spike in players, with the patch bringing an enormous amount of new content to the game.