21 of 25, Steam softwere, for indi developers?

the PC gaming platform and application, Steam has developed greatly over the last few years, adding Green light to allow Indie Developers and game making hobbyists a chance to get their games on steam. and the (some what old) introduction to the steam workshop, that allows the community to make mods, levels,  skins and models for games such as Left for Dead, Portal, Team fortress2 , Garry's mod, and Steams own animation program Steam Film Maker [SFM].

But they haven't stopped there. Oh no, some time ago a new tab as added totaled "steam software" and one of its 1st additions were of course steams own programs like SFM, but as time went on, more and more programs started to appear, video editing programs, comic book creators, sound design studios, painting programs, game engines!, and lately 3d programs, like,,, you guessed it Blender and a Monthly Subscription license of Maya. i cant help but feel amazed about this, i'm a regular user of steam my self, mainly ether to talk to friend, watch the odd steam, or play games, and every now and then, after talking to said friend about what im doing, i would launch either Maya or blender (depending what i was using at the time) to show them what i was up to, Ah go to love the Steam thing, before it was doing the odd screenshot, funny enough, any non steam program was listed as a "game", and ironically when i uploaded one of my collage videos to my steam account (linked)  to YouTube) said friend said, "well its not really a game,, and i think its meant to be used for stuff like walk thoughts" little did we know seam would add said 3d program to steam,, meaning anything that is a video is now a "game"

i bring this up because is because Maya LT is a 1 month subscription license at  £25 a month that would be £300 a month,, a fare cheaper alternative to Maya's 1 year superscription on £1,000

downside however, is once the month is over the program most likely becomes locked until you re buy a license, that and i have no idea if Maya LT's files can be open in Maya 15/16 or vis versa

But with all grate things, they is a problem, and this problem here is an AUTOMATIC renewal, and people have been finding it rally hard/impossible to un subscribe from the subscription notice,,  good idea turned bad, also look at the review count. Maya has 35 with mixed thoughts and blender has 596 overwhelmingly positive reviews. hum, i wonder if unity will ever be added to Steam..


http://store.steampowered.com/app/243580/