The vast majority of devs can't have their revenue cut by a quarter, third, half, or even two thirds overnight and survive for very long. Margins in this business are already marginal, and survival is already an extremely difficult task.
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My prediction is that a lot of indie devs, some of which might be favorites of those reading this, are hanging on hoping for a turn-around before the summer sales, or for Epic to open up their store to them. I expect a lot will start going out of business starting July.
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This trend is extremely concerning, because of the economic fallout for many indies in our industry, lost revenue from supporting service providers, but also because it shows how fragile our existence is and how much we're at the mercy of Valve's capricious whims.
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I've been ringing the alarm bell since December. Other devs who've been talking about this are
@glassbottommeg,@GreyAlien, and to some extent@unormal. If you're press, and you want to talk to me about it, please email me at eniko@kitsunegames.com or DM me, my DM's are open.3 replies 22 retweets 126 likesShow this thread -
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I faintly recall
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No, I got hit but a bit earlier than most. Sales went from reasonable to zero literally overnight as my games were no longer on the discovery queues.
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Oh yeah I remember that. There were some earlier algorithmic shuffles but I don't think they were are widely sweeping as the Oct one.
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Probably some random testing to see the impact of the new algorithms before pushing the button in October.
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Byron's was like a year+ before the Oct thing, and I think there were others. So it wasn't the first time this has happened, just the biggest AFAIK. Like pre-quake tremors.
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@pcmacgames@puppygames Didn't you get mashed by the algo/coupon changes at earlier dates?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
I never used coupons myself, as for algorithm yes there have been several changes, every time resulting in a drop 
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