Since NPD estimated that half of the game purchases for PC have been more or less evenly split between retail and digital sales, there have been overtures to Valve to release their figures to aid analysts and news sites in examining PC sales. Valve refuses to.
Holtman dismissed, ”The idea of a chart is old. It came from people trying to aggregate disaggregated information.” He then added, Steam’s “rapid and perfected information” about sales is only relevant to its partners on a per-game basis. ”The point is, it’s not super important for a publisher or developer to know how well everyone is doing. What’s important to know is exactly how your game is doing – why it’s climbing and why it’s falling; your daily sales; your daily swing; your rewards for online campaign number three. That’s what we provide.”
The question is left begging: what is Valve trying to hide?
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