If you could purchase a Steam game using Steam points

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GeneralNothingBurger 17 hours ago

How many on average do you think it should cost?

And this would probably have to be divided into tiers based on complexity and other variables.

Off the top of my head I would put Ghost N Goblins Resurrection and Contra Galuga as one "class" if u will and then lets say "Battlefield" or "Call Of Duty" in another.

Or do you think all games should be the same..:price?

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DarkCrystalMethod 17 hours ago

I would have purchase a Steam Deck Level 3 a long time ago if that were the case.

Dollars spent into points already has a conversion rate. Why wouldn't the reverse also be valid?

cSg|mc-Hotsauce 17 hours ago

100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 points.

miakisfan 17 hours ago

You'd have to have been here years and/or gotten so many awards and earned points to buy a game.

I wouldn't see them making this possible anyways. That isn't how you make money.

Chika Ogiue 17 hours ago

To curb the explosion in point farming, it should be a minimum of 10,000 points per 1 cent and should only apply to games published by Valve and only ever the full RRP, with any sale discounts excluded from the transaction.

GeneralNothingBurger 17 hours ago

Originally posted by miakisfan:
You'd have to have been here years and/or gotten so many awards and earned points to buy a game.

I wouldn't see them making this possible anyways. That isn't how you make money.

Not a replicator no, but then, how do you TAKE money?

GeneralNothingBurger 17 hours ago

Originally posted by Chika Ogiue:
To curb the explosion in point farming, it should be a minimum of 10,000 points per 1 cent and should only apply to games published by Valve and only ever the full RRP, with any sale discounts excluded from the transaction.

It is their house essentially and they would have the final say in this surely. But look what all they host here? But if they only do Valve games would that not be like unto a monopoly?

Chika Ogiue 17 hours ago

Originally posted by GeneralNothingBurger:
But if they only do Valve games would that not be like unto a monopoly?

No. Legally, those are the only games Valve can do it for. They'd have to renegotiate all contracts with any third party to allow those titles into such a program. It'd be a massive waste of time and resources for little to no benefit.

GeneralNothingBurger 16 hours ago

Originally posted by Chika Ogiue:
Originally posted by GeneralNothingBurger:
But if they only do Valve games would that not be like unto a monopoly?

It'd be a massive waste of time and resources for little to no benefit.

Oh the irony.

wesnef 16 hours ago

Way more than 250k, given that's how many I have lying around without really trying.

. . .and giving points any real value would make the current Jester-farming efforts look like amateur night. No thank you.

(but yeah, it'll never happen. And rightfully so.)

DarkCrystalMethod 16 hours ago

I've received 299,684 points since the time points were inflicted upon the community. I now have 39,194 but no interest in buying things from the points shop if I can find the tradeable thing on the Steam Marketplace. The event stickers, emotes, backgrounds, etc used to be free, so I'm skipping those too now.

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GeneralNothingBurger 16 hours ago

Originally posted by wesnef:
but yeah, it'll never happen. And rightfully so.)

But do you believe it..COULD happen?

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Komarimaru 16 hours ago

Originally posted by GeneralNothingBurger:
Originally posted by wesnef:
but yeah, it'll never happen. And rightfully so.)

But do you believe it..COULD happen?

Nope, could never happen. They are worth nothing, and developers want to be paid with money, not fake points.

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