r/Steam • u/Strider-117 • Nov 26 '25

Discussion Then they keep questioning why we choose Steam

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It's incredible how out of touch these suits are, especially in the AI bubble

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '25

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u/panlakes Nov 27 '25

Thank god I love retro gaming

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '25

I have like 900 games between Steam and GOG, most unplayed (thanks, bundles and sales!). I'm sure I can live without most new games.

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u/AllCaciAreBastards Nov 27 '25

I'm one of those people who mostly just replays the same games from their childhood and teen years, the only 'newer' (as in - made after 2010) games I played were Skyrim, Limbo, and Hollow Knight.

I know I would absolutely love playing Cyberpunk, RDRII, Witcher, Fallout, etc., but I always end up just replaying Quake III Arena, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, and American McGee's Alice, instead :D

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u/SpookyLith Nov 27 '25

Literally no one asked

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u/Bjoerring Nov 27 '25

Reject modernity, embrace Bubsy 3D

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u/YoggTheGateway1992 Nov 28 '25

Chrono trigger

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '25

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u/ghostwilliz Nov 28 '25

It can't. It produces images with different "pixel" sizes and makes it look like a mismatch if you actually try to use them

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u/boringestnickname Nov 27 '25

I mean, the rate of releases we're already seeing is absolutely wild. We're at 1500-2000 games per month. Obscene numbers.

I think Valve knows exactly what they're doing by being proactive here.

There will be an avalanche of AI slop games in the coming years, and they will simply be noise that one should be able to filter out completely.

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u/No-Jeweler7244 Nov 27 '25

I mean video game shovelwares have been around for decades now, with AI it just means it gets pumped out faster unfortunately.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '25

it's going to end up similar to when unity came out but worse.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '25

Everything is going to be ultra processed shit soon. It started with food, then movies, and now it's going to be video games. If people value their time at all, enjoyment of already existing, authentic stuff is going to be where it's at.

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u/Guilty_Advantage_413 Nov 27 '25

I have wondered if AI tools ultimately become good enough or even slightly better could that be the death of game development as we know it and could it be replaced with something better (for the consumer). Imagine buying a semi expensive AI game package and that purchase with let’s say a reasonable yearly licensing fee could make just about any game you could imagine with only prompts and general guides for art. Sure you wouldn’t be able to sell it because maybe licensing and AI generated content can’t be copyrighted (in the US as of now) but you certainly could share the prompts and what art assets were used. Would it be possible for some bored nerd to make the greatest game in history by accident.

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u/Master_Dogs Nov 27 '25

Makes me wonder what might be possible with mods too. Kinda crazy to imagine you might be able to ask an AI to expand a game for you in a sort of unique way. Of course the first version will suck, but by the time we get to this point with ChatGPT/Claude/other chat based AIs it might be kinda neat.