[Blog] Valve just took away a valuable visibility tool
Blog post by Chris Zukowski (How to Market A Game)
https://howtomarketagame.com/2024/08/21/valve-just-took-away-a-valuable-visibility-tool/
this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2024
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Has anyone actually read the article? It mentions Discord once, in passing.
It's about how iframes used to promote upcoming games/games by the same publisher aren't allowed anymore. This has negative implications towards indie devs because upcoming games in particular are less likely to be recommended already and in order to get into the "New and Upcoming" tab, a certain amount of wishlists is required.
Fewer wishlists => fewer recommendations => fewer wishlists
IFrames are still a thing? I'm actually shocked. I thought they were as dead as the marquee tag!