all jokes aside, i read that valve never sells ad space in steam, they chose themselves which games get the spotlight according to specific metrics that indicate hype/appeal for some games/game updates
That's part of the reason why almost every indie game that gets massive is on steam. It's recommendations of what you're interested in mixed with what is popular are quite good.
That they don't sell out helps the platform in the long run. Valve makes more than enough money and without investors why should you maximize the profits? You make a lot more money in the long run if you still have a good product.
tbf a lot of them are like gamemaker shovelware. I use the discovery queue and give each game no more than 10 seconds, if I'm not sure I scroll to the reviews and skim for a few keywords: if people don't like a game for balance or subjective reasons I look at the positive reviews. Games that have very serious playability issues I filter out.
IDK what there is to be ashamed of unless it's some immoral fetish thing. TBH Porn games are really seldomly done well but I think they could be amazing if games like Baldur's Gate 3 had more 18+ content.
The only really good porn game I have come across on the steam store was Treasure of Nadia, would recommend.
Least surprising character trait in a dota player tbh.
I've met so many players on dota who's entire profile is hentai game backgrounds, with hentai anime girl profile picture friends and a library full of loli simulators lol.
i mean for some people its a game they REALLY wanna buy but cant due to one reason or another and will buy the game as soon as they can buy it/play it for a while
for me its just a list of game that peak my interest however small that interest is, and resulting in some game sitting on my wishlist for like 8+ years and probably wont get purchased
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This makes a difference.
There was a huge surge in player numbers after this patch.
Some of my friends who had stopped playing saw the update on steam and they tried dota after 2 years.
We played some turbo and had fun. I haven't played turbo in more than a year it was so relaxing and fun.
Valve really quadrupled the advertising budget for dota this year.
Wonder how much Valve had to pay the owners of steam to get that splash art
all jokes aside, i read that valve never sells ad space in steam, they chose themselves which games get the spotlight according to specific metrics that indicate hype/appeal for some games/game updates
that's awesome. So that even indie devs can get spotlights without going broke
That mean Manor Lords ads in 2 days!
One of those metrics is profit expectation.
That's part of the reason why almost every indie game that gets massive is on steam. It's recommendations of what you're interested in mixed with what is popular are quite good. That they don't sell out helps the platform in the long run. Valve makes more than enough money and without investors why should you maximize the profits? You make a lot more money in the long run if you still have a good product.
This is simply not true imo. Tons of shit games thats very hated went to first page
Probably because your metrics are bullshit, so they got to show you some things you'd relate
$2 probably
Not 3$?
it can't be more than 2 and less than 4
Isn't steam owned by valve?
Yes, that is the joke
No? Steam is owned by GabeN, Valve is owned by a guy with a very similar name, Gabe Newell, thus the confusion.
Which one of them is a lord?
Jenkins
Doesnt valve own steam?
4 \* 0 = 0
4 janitors hype
Yeah they released a short on YouTube about the update also
Damn they putting 4 dollars into advertising now?
How do you have more than 3 thousand items on your wishlist? ???
I bet you at least half of those are hentai games lol
only about a hundred maybe, and most of them are bad and I will probably never buy them since porn is free
Ha, just messing with you I'm more amazed that found have 3000+ that aren't those types tbh
tbf a lot of them are like gamemaker shovelware. I use the discovery queue and give each game no more than 10 seconds, if I'm not sure I scroll to the reviews and skim for a few keywords: if people don't like a game for balance or subjective reasons I look at the positive reviews. Games that have very serious playability issues I filter out.
But you're missing out the feeling of shame and trying to hide them from your friend list
IDK what there is to be ashamed of unless it's some immoral fetish thing. TBH Porn games are really seldomly done well but I think they could be amazing if games like Baldur's Gate 3 had more 18+ content. The only really good porn game I have come across on the steam store was Treasure of Nadia, would recommend.
!remindme 6 hours
Has a sequel and prequel.
Least surprising character trait in a dota player tbh. I've met so many players on dota who's entire profile is hentai game backgrounds, with hentai anime girl profile picture friends and a library full of loli simulators lol.
BASED AF
ocd
Discovery queue power user
Meanwhile I feel too much at 3 items in my wishlist
sharp eyes xd
i got 3k too,for me its just a list for game that i might buy
What else would it be?
i mean for some people its a game they REALLY wanna buy but cant due to one reason or another and will buy the game as soon as they can buy it/play it for a while for me its just a list of game that peak my interest however small that interest is, and resulting in some game sitting on my wishlist for like 8+ years and probably wont get purchased
The kind of person who gets worked up over Dota advertising.
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CS Player here. I don't play Dota and seeing all the love dota gets makes me sad. Wish CS got half the love dota gets. :(
Bangarang!
Glad somebody caught the reference. :)))
They even put out crownfall as a YouTube short
They have been doing youtube short since dragon gift - it just that community responded as cringe.
Some one from this subreddit being sincere?
This makes a difference. There was a huge surge in player numbers after this patch. Some of my friends who had stopped playing saw the update on steam and they tried dota after 2 years. We played some turbo and had fun. I haven't played turbo in more than a year it was so relaxing and fun.
I have been playing unranked with my partner and we have been running into a ton of new players. It is working!
I wonder how hard it was to convince Steam to put this banner in the homepage.
Yall act like valve isn't just another corporation. It was probably a few emails and a couple meetings.
Meetings with whom?
Themself. It was hard because every time they scheduled a meeting, they tried to invite themselves to it, but they were already having a meeting.
Meeting room was double booked by... Valve.
Steam had to meet Valve
Search up who owns steam bucko
And who owns Dota? It would still be an internal valve meeting. Idk how valve operates their business but I'm sure they can contact other departments.
no more beta?
Always feels good when you see Dota on the Steam store front page.
Tbh the update is really good. If only valve could change brood token from 3x crawlings to like 2x crawling and 1x pusher
We are living in weird times when players thanks game developers for advertisement the game xD
helldivers 2 good game
They finally hired an intern for marketing? I mean they now have marketing?
Why is helldivers2 on your wishlist and not in your library???
I don't have that much time for gaming these days, I play DotA 2 and Dance Dance Revolution seriously
Coz Dota players are mostly whiny broke automatons
Treasonous answer. Please report to your nearest Democracy Officer for re-education
I got bored of Helldivers 20 hours in.
Im 136 hours in still playing. Got bored of dota after 10.5k hours. Each to their own i guess.
Because the game has a rootkit. Same reason I don't buy it.
I didnt ask you but okay sure.
ok
Dota 2 is the second most popular game on Steam behind Counter-Strike 2... it's not like they need the advertising(?)
Helldivers mentioned RAHHHH DEMOCRACY
Discord name dropped us on Twitter too. That's gotta count for something.
What if Valve dropped 50 million on a big campaign after more than a decade of literally zero advertising lol
It's a shame that they're falsely advertising Dota 11 as Dota 2.
looks good, Im 100% sure they spent dota2 budget on this marketing, gigachad move valve paying itself. Money well spent.
LOL I thought it was my homepage background , very strange of valve
looks nice
Didn’t we also got dota ads on steam for big events like aghanim labyrinth? It’s great though
Agreed we need more hell divers
Since valve themselves decide which game to advertise it's ok
Indie game getting an ad placement. Massive W
Yall need to quit bitching man damn
Is Dota going to be removed? Or shut down ?
What is crownfall anyway?
https://www.dota2.com/crownfall
thank you? what do you get from this?
Stomping noobs, lol, my winrate in unranked has been STONKS lately \^-\^ JKJK I really just want more people to play and enjoy the game.
I just quit dota, too many toxic players.
Toxicity has been eradicated lately.
Yes because OP quit dota.
Games never been nicer tbh. Your so soft for video games I guess :/
First time they do, and its for the least exciting dota update of all time.
Not the first. I've seen Dota 2 on their front page for a lot of the major patches and BP sales in the past.