When I was younger, steam was a fascinating treasure trove of gaming experiences, on the front page there was constantly these high quality games being advertised, indie and AAA, that made me curious and slowly developed confidence on purchasing content online. Steam changed my opinion on digital games, and I virtually only get Nintendo content at retail now. Later on, things were a bit more confusing and muddled, lots of games kept popping up that I've never heard of, never had any publicity, had no reviews, nothing, it became hard to find different types of games, and I was constantly worried of boredom of the absurd amount of games on the store. The reviews section has been a good addition, people are honest, but theres no way to make the front page show curated and high quality content, just a mess of things, a dating sim one day, an adventure book another, a mobile game port the next, we have evolved back into misleading cover art that was constant in the bit era.
Its becoming harder to find good games, and I'm more hesitant in buying them, if more and more people feel this, the service will drop in funding. If this lack of curation translates over to modding, it would be a nightmare. I still don't understand Gabe Newells idea of a store run by the community, I want the benefits of a screening system, weirdly enough, not the app store nightmare. Heck I appreciate Nintendo's online catalogue more and more, each indie game they release and advertise on their direct videos are top notch for what they are. This is nintendo, no voice chat nintendo (I don't actually use voice chat, I type, so who would have thought!), and Im finding their store more manageable that other services.
