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Steam’s Growing Library of Shovelware Is Getting Old

While Steam’s store is known for offering many fantastic games, there are also games of unbelievably poor quality that go beyond the subjective bounds of personal taste and display a definitive lack of effort. Allowing these practically unfinished titles to be published on the platform creates a library of shovelware which lowers the reputation of Steam’s digital catalog.

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Snookies123716d ago

Does it really matter? You don't have to buy them. It's not like it brings down the quality of the really amazing titles Steam offers.

Timesplitter143716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

it can be a problem if steam becomes flooded with poorly-made, sub-par games and actual good games are lost among those, as is the case with android/iphone app store.

I think they should raise their standards a little more for greenlight games and it would be perfect

solar3716d ago

Greenlight is going away. plus, i agree with Snookies12, options are there. if you want to buy them, do it. it's the power of choice you dont see on console platforms.

and Valve is trying to help small indie dev's getting their games out in the open. i dont see a problem with that.

allgamespc20123716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

again, you dont have to buy anything. what you may call shovelware and bad, some people like.

Some people call early access a waste and bad for the industry, i love it. bought 5 games in early access. so what you think may not be what others think. there is 70 million subs after all on steam.

Plus, half of these "shoverlware" items are better than most triple A 60 dollar games. like assetto corsa, or day z.

Th3o3716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

It's not about caring, it's about giving developers the opportunity to put shovelware on the service.

We deal enough with big time games that run like shovelware, now we also have real shovelware coming.

Steam use to be about quality, and now they tried to do something good (Greenlight), but it turned corrupt and now there a number of users that spend their money in vein on the product. (Please don't say they should have researched because for shovelware u can't always find what u need, and biased reviews aren't scarce with them...since most feedback come from forums...which could be friends of friends of devs...or people that don't want to admit that they wasted their money.

I would love to see some heavy moderation. I do not want this to turn into the Google Play store...or even AppStore.

It's too bad though, some indie devs don't deserve the bad rap that profiteers are looking to do here.

I bet we see Flappy Bird/Fish coming to steam soon!

Somebody3716d ago

Steam introduced Tags for their game library so those should be helpful in sifting through all those titles.

Psychotica3716d ago

I just wish Steam offered a way to filter out the Early Access games and software that are not games at all.

Th3o3716d ago

We should be seeing this with the tags I think:)

Maxor3716d ago

I don't see the problem here. Steam isn't responsible for these games. There is a review system in place now so the feedback should weed crap games out without Steam having to police bad games.

porkChop3716d ago

Valve controls the platform. They clearly don't test any of the games that they put on Steam, even though they claim they do, because there are tons of literally broken, horrible games on Steam. Every platform holder is responsible for upholding a certain level of quality for the games they allow to be sold on their platform. The review system you speak of requires people to be ripped off by bad games first before they can review them, that is not a solution.

allgamespc20123716d ago

deal with it. nobody is forcing you to buy anything. what you dont like others may like, so stick to your 60 dollar games if you want, fact is a lot of these early access games are better optimized than most triple a games and even better.

banished is better than simcity, day z is better than any zombie game out there. assetto corsa is better than gran turismo. fact? no. see what i did there?

Maxor3715d ago

The PC is a platform. Steam is not. It's a market place and community. This is like blaming the Playstation Store because Aliens Colonial Marines sucked.

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15 Worst Video Games Of All-Time

You're winner(!) if you can make it through the worst video games ever made without throwing your controller away.

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Relientk771864d ago

E.T. for the Atari 2600. I'm never going to forget falling into those pits over and over and over and over again. So annoying

Neonridr1864d ago

I mean given the technical limitations of the 2600, ET isn't a terrible game per-se. But it does a horrible job of explaining just what the hell you are supposed to do.

Superman 64 on the other hand has zero excuses.. it's just a flat out terribly made game.

strotee1863d ago

15. Aliens: Colonial Marines
14. Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis
13. Way of the Warrior
12. Ride to Hell: Retribution
11. Star Trek
10. Catfight
9. Infestation: Survivor Stories
8. Friday the 13th
7. Double Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons
6. Hotel Mario
5. Bubsy 3D: Furbitten Planet
4. Custer’s Revenge
3. Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
2. Superman 64
1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

TheHateTheyGive1863d ago

This crackdown 3 should be in that list for taking seemingly forever only for the finished product to look like a 360 game with hdr. crackdown 3 by far is the worst AAA game this gen. How did Microsoft botch a chance to show off the power of the X with this garbage?

SuperSonic911862d ago

Link: The Faces of Eviland Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon should be there too.

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Best to be Cautious of Wild West Online

Jason Stettner of Gamerheadquarters writes; "If you've seen or heard of Wild West Online you might be rather excited as the trailer looks interesting and the idea of the game is promising. That being said, be very cautious of this particular game as there's a certain history behind it that one should take into consideration before even thinking about this game."

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OoglyBoogly2482d ago

Oh yeah, I just see this as another one of those shitty F2P titles set in the Wild West. I can guarantee this will be no different.

cartoonx12482d ago

it's not just that, it has ties to a developer that has a history of making unfinished games and abandoned when gets enough cash and thn start another project. also the trailer on youtube has comments disabled, forum mods are deleting any negative comment about the developers.
its not looking good even if ignore f2p.

MrCrabPuss2482d ago (Edited 2482d ago )

The devs REALLY shot themselves in both feet when allowing any ties to their game be related to, or influenced in any way, no matter how inconsequential, to that fat fucking manky prick of a Russian pig cock Sir-gay Tit-off. Do they not know how fickle gamers are? Those of us who have more than half a brain will cautiously distance ourselves from this possible shit heap.
I was anticipating this game until hearing this.... I'll wait and wade into reviews and gossip etc 6 months after its release to see whats what..if its even still around that is.

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Why is The War Z Still a Thing?

The War Z has a sequel on the way and the executive producer is trying to paint a pretty picture of its controversy.

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Deano73943391d ago

I seriously hope no one even considers giving these scumbags any money.