Now imagine spending the 100 dollars required to re-upload a game on steam to get the same media boosting (the boost would have happened when you pulled it down). We have companies starting kickstarters that were already funded, exclusively to get the media boost out of the campaign bringing the buzz because kickstarter projects are very good at that. When was the last time a (poorly made) 2012 remaster of a 1999 game got this much attention 5 years down the line? Do a google search with "tony hawk" right now, you'll find the first page completely filled with this very piece of news about THPS HD, overshadowing new games or anything else. Solution? I didn't offer a solution, I made an observation. A 20 year old remaster doesn't make your company go bankrupt if you pull it off from steam from some time either, you can rest assured activision won't go down with this drastic move. Getting coverage is essential in a flooded industry.Īlso, as I stated, you can put products back on steam with the insanely low entry fee. For example, a number of good games released within the BOTW/horizon/automata window have seen horrible sales because media was busy talking about the bigger titles. My point is this is an amazing opportunity to get media coverage in a time where even most new games don't get the chance to get any, and it will no doubt get abused with that intent down the line. Notice the "This may not have been done on purpose but.
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