Valve adds software category to Steam Greenlight
Now developers can add non-gaming software and projects to Greenlight
Valve has updated the community-based Steam Greenlight service with a new software category. The software section works just like the gaming section, allowing developers to post concepts and completed software for voting by fans. Winners will be periodically chosen by Valve, allowing those projects to be published on Steam.
Valve added the software category to the Steam on September 5.
I'm not sure what they mean by "publish". From what I can tell Steam doesn't publish via Greenlight. It only distributes.
Publishing implies paying an advance to assist production, or at least providing a purchase order (pre-sale) so a developer can raise funding from third-party investors or a bank.
Steam doesn't provide that assistance via Greenlight. From what I can tell. Or if they do, it isn't clear.
Edited 2 times. Last edit by Tim Carter on 18th October 2012 4:31pm
Posted:8 months ago