Excellent feature. One of the first things I check anyways when buying early access games is when the last news post was.

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    16 hours ago

    This is what a company looks like when it’s not funded by venture capitalists that insist the line always go up exponentially.

    Good on Steam for taking the time an energy to create a feature that is strictly pro-consumer.

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      15 hours ago

      They just know that line going up steadily is more valuable than line going up exponentially until people get sick of your shit.

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        Not like the shareholders care about long term projects.
        I mean they might die before they see the end result

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          I don’t know about this, but only because Steam has a very unique position in their market. Lots of intense loyalists for Steam means long-term projects yield hype and reputation.

          For example, the Steam Deck was a high cost high impact long-term project, and it wasn’t even in the interest of leading the handheld gaming market. It still brought them a lot of good press, and it also spearheaded the adoption of handheld gaming PCs - whether running SteamOS, Windows, or other linux distros - most of which are using Steam as the primary gaming library.