On March 6, Kongregate published the announcement of its own PC game store. It’s called Kartridge. The creators of the service position the novelty as a gaming platform that will be managed by the gaming community.
The service will be distributed as a downloadable distribution. Kartridge promises a “multifaceted social system” with support for awards, achievements, chats, forums, as well as the ability to raise the level of your profile.
One of the key features of the service is the lack of pre-moderation to upload the game to the store and complete freedom in the choice of monetization. Game publishers will be able, in addition to standard models like premium and freeplay, to choose such as “pay as much as you want” and “monetization through advertising”.
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Also, special attention is paid to the authors
Kartridge was given curation and a feature. The company’s management believes that they will be able to solve the problem of low visibility in the market inherent in Steam today.
“Editorial curation and special algorithms will be the key to offering the right game to the right player at the right time. This approach will help to bring to the surface projects that are lost in the showcase, as well as offer users materials that will definitely not disappoint them,” said Emily Greer, executive director and co–founder of Kongregate.
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Apparently, traffic to the new service will initially come from Kongregate.com , the company’s gaming web platform, launched in 2006 and still in demand. According to official data, its MAU is 10 million.
The launch of the new store in the open beta is scheduled for this summer.
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