[casual_games] Casual games on Steam

[Thomas H. Buscaglia]

I have several clients selling on Steam...Valve 
is great to work with, in my experience.  Keep in 
mind, you game should probably comport with their 
core audience (core casual rather than soccer 
moms) but aside from that, they have been great.

70% to developer, you retain price control, they 
pay monthly on a 30 day cycle and in many cases 
(I am not sure if they do this with everyone) 
provide real time access to sales info.

Their distribution agreement is in plain English 
and very even handed, rather than exploitive like 
most of the stuff I look over for clients.

I'd give them an A for performance.

The only problem I have heard of is their 
response time to enquiries.  They are overloaded 
and sometimes you need to send several emails to 
get a response...at least that's what I have 
heard several time recently..they respond to me 
quickly, but I think that's due to my existing relationship with them.

Tom B

.At 05:26 AM 4/28/2009, you wrote:


>Hi.

>

>I thik this was asked before, but since many 

>thinkgs have changed, including Valve's DRM libraries.

>

>Is someone from this list selling his/her game via Valve's Steam?

>

>I would like to know if it's a good way of 

>independente game developers sell their games.

>

>

>Thanks.

>

>Jose

>

>

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