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Steam :: Steamworks Development :: New: DIY Collaborative Bundles

Now developers can set up their own cross-developer bundles on Steam

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Steam is now offering publishers / developers an option to work together to create collaborative bundles. This could make for some really great stuff, if publishers and/or developers decide to actually use it.

For example, we could potentially see some bundles like Humble Monthly coming directly from the Steam storefront. Companies could band together to take out middlemen like Fanatical.

Stuff like this might become much more regular:

Save 24% on Weird & Wonderful Bundle on Steam

store.steampowered.com

 

[The Cockatrice]

Good. We need more bundle sales since humble bundle has become rather...shit ever since IGN bought them (shocking ikr)

 

[GHG]

This months humble bundle is a disgrace so I'm glad that this now gives us some potential for some sort of replacement in the future.

 

[Holammer]

This is a great way for publishers to dump old games past their commercial lifetime.
Valve don't get a single cent for Humble & Fanatical bundles, but they could encourage these collab bundles on Steam by lowering their own cut to sweeten the deal.