The official blog of Steam added a new note, which lucidly explains why Steam Greenlight in its current form has outlived itself. Kratenko recall that this area allow any developer to settle in the store Steam, pre-dialed the right number of members votes .
Valve representatives have recognized the fact that to date the mechanism for the selection of games in the Greenlight has some flaws that allow unscrupulous or lazy indie creators lewdness easily obtain for themselves a "green light" and place their masterpiece in the catalog.
So, Steam Greenlight will be closed as early as this spring. His place will be another platform - Steam Direct. No user voting will be no more. Instead, Valve will offer novice developers to issue certain electronic documents to pass inspection procedure (individual or company), as well as to provide tax information. There is nothing unique - such data is requested to create a bank account.
After that, developers will have to pay a refundable deposit for each product that they wish to place on the platform. The payment of the mandatory contribution - the main tool in the fight against the publication of random applications. The size of the mandatory collection will vary from 500 to 5000 US dollars. Valve representatives explained that each of the sums on the proposed scale has its advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, the company wants to gather as much feedback
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