Gabe Newell got downvoted into hell, over -2000 downvotes

[Klocko¹]

"Actually money is how the community steers work." - Gabe Newell

I have lost all respect for Gabe Newell.

Discuss.

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[TheBlackParrot]

That one reply with over 3k upvotes and 18x gold
damn

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/33uplp/mods_and_steam/cqolbds

[McJob]

I didn't like the paid mod thing, but I'm not jumping on the Gabe Newell hate train because I'm not loving handicapped.

[Daswiruch]

I didn't like the paid mod thing, but I'm not jumping on the Gabe Newell hate train because I'm not loving handicapped.

his company messes up one and he's satan

[Landmineman4000²]

That's another huge issue. This situation is going to start getting the modding scene all sorts of really unwanted attention from companies who's IP's have been used in mods for years, but for the most part have allowed that to occur because mods are/were free.
Now they're all going to be wanting their cut too, and this situation might get a whole lot uglier in the coming weeks/months.

Found this post amongst the battlefield, just consider what he's saying and proceed with stuffting your pants

Also

I didn't like the paid mod thing, but I'm not jumping on the Gabe Newell hate train because I'm not loving handicapped.

The gabe newell hate is because of him shafting the entire community right then and there with that loving bullstuff excuse

[Tudoreleu]

half of gaben's comments in the thread have hundreds or thousands of upvotes, and half of them have hundreds or thousands of downvotes

it's funny

[tails]

his company messes up one and he's satan

Greenlight?

[Daswiruch]

Greenlight?

*twice or maybe 3, i'm not really keeping score

[·::Kishgal::·]

This is the world we live in now...

[Comatose]

Greenlight?

To most people, though, Greenlight isn't that much of a bad thing. It's produced a decent number of independent titles, most of which have been moderately to well received based on their quality. I mean, a few bad eggs get through because of a lack of QA, but that's not nearly as bad as suddenly charging for a service that's always been free. Just because some mods are still free doesn't mean that the problem is solved.

[fred da kiko]

To most people, though, Greenlight isn't that much of a bad thing. It's produced a decent number of independent titles, most of which have been moderately to well received based on their quality. I mean, a few bad eggs get through because of a lack of QA, but that's not nearly as bad as suddenly charging for a service that's always been free. Just because some mods are still free doesn't mean that the problem is solved.

It's a bunch of rotten eggs with some regular eggs thrown in the mix, greenlight is stuff and a lazy excuse of what was promised.

[otto-san]

i think what gabe was trying to say is that money can incentivise higher-quality content by rewarding people for creating content that people enjoy

which, in turn, demonstrates something that works and can be improved upon and made better. this is how markets like this work. it's how the games industry works, the movies industry, etc.

like it or not, he's does have a point

[fred da kiko]

i think what gabe was trying to say is that money can incentivise higher-quality content by rewarding people for creating content that people enjoy

which, in turn, demonstrates something that works and can be improved upon and made better. this is how markets like this work. it's how the games industry works, the movies industry, etc.

like it or not, he's does have a point

He has a good theory, but in practice we know it produced stuff.

[otto-san]

what are you referring to? it's kinda more than a theory, it's pretty close to just how it works in general

in fact thinking harder it's p much a simplification of a free market, which i guess is what valve is trying to move toward. and good for them frankly, even though it means there's going to be a lot of outright garbage. as long as good works can still be successful (though unfortunately i think that's not been the case)

[fred da kiko]

what are you referring to? it's kinda more than a theory, it's pretty close to just how it works in general

in fact thinking harder it's p much a simplification of a free market, which i guess is what valve is trying to move toward. and good for them frankly, even though it means there's going to be a lot of outright garbage. as long as good works can still be successful (though unfortunately i think that's not been the case)

The app store.