Are Steam Points Good For Anything Besides Aesthetics?

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swillfly Aug 28, 2020 @ 1:37pm

I have a bit over 13k Steam Points and it seems it just adds bling to my profile, emoticons, and other stuff I don't care about.

Any other use for them? Can you get games or something actually fun with them?

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Originally posted by ElvisDeadly:

Right now?

No

In the future?

Who knows

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ElvisDeadly Aug 28, 2020 @ 1:39pm

Right now?

No

In the future?

Who knows

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Brian9824 Aug 28, 2020 @ 1:44pm

No, they will NEVER be used for non cosmetic items.

swillfly Aug 28, 2020 @ 1:45pm

Thx Elvis - It's as I suspected. So mebbe I should just ignore them and possibly they'll allow me to get an in-game confetti rocket sometime in the future, eh?

cinedine Aug 28, 2020 @ 1:46pm

Originally posted by brian9824:
No, they will NEVER be used for non cosmetic items.

And you know ... how?
Any chance of sharing this weeks lottery numbers?

Brian9824 Aug 28, 2020 @ 1:49pm

Originally posted by cinedine:
Originally posted by brian9824:
No, they will NEVER be used for non cosmetic items.

And you know ... how?
Any chance of sharing this weeks lottery numbers?

Info steam has said, how they have advertised it, and common sense.

Although to be fair, i'll rephrase it. There is BASICALLY no chance of it ever occurring.

I mean they already lock every item bought so it can't be sold, if they made it usable on games then that would have to come out of steam's pocket as the developers still need to get paid, and there is 0 evidence of it ever occuring.

So don't hold your breath over using them for anything other then cosmetics.

swillfly Aug 28, 2020 @ 1:52pm

Maybe in-game extra hats? Those are cosmetics too but I could see where that would be cutting into a game selling more of it's own scarves/boots/wingnut DLC's.

Start_Running Aug 28, 2020 @ 1:53pm

Now... just aesthetics. During sales, or major events you'll also be able to purchase one time discounts.

Brian9824 Aug 28, 2020 @ 1:55pm

Originally posted by swillfly:
Maybe in-game extra hats? Those are cosmetics too but I could see where that would be cutting into a game selling more of it's own scarves/boots/wingnut DLC's.

Again its awarded by STEAM, it has nothing to do with the games. It makes absolutely no sense for Game X to reward you for spending money on other games that aren't even theirs.

That's like going to red lobster and getting loyalty points and expecting pizza hut to give you a free pizza for them.

Brian9824 Aug 28, 2020 @ 1:55pm

Originally posted by Start_Running:
Now... just aesthetics. During sales, or major events you'll also be able to purchase one time discounts.

True I did forget about the $5 discounts which is tied to the steam store and not the games.

swillfly Aug 28, 2020 @ 1:55pm

Originally posted by Start_Running:
Now... just aesthetics. During sales, or major events you'll also be able to purchase one time discounts.

^^ Now that sounds like a good deal!

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swillfly Aug 28, 2020 @ 1:59pm

Originally posted by brian9824:
Originally posted by swillfly:
Maybe in-game extra hats? Those are cosmetics too but I could see where that would be cutting into a game selling more of it's own scarves/boots/wingnut DLC's.

Again its awarded by STEAM, it has nothing to do with the games. It makes absolutely no sense for Game X to reward you for spending money on other games that aren't even theirs.

That's like going to red lobster and getting loyalty points and expecting pizza hut to give you a free pizza for them.

That makes sense... all those frequent flier miles won't discount a steak dinner for me either.

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cinedine Aug 28, 2020 @ 2:07pm

Originally posted by brian9824:
Originally posted by swillfly:
Maybe in-game extra hats? Those are cosmetics too but I could see where that would be cutting into a game selling more of it's own scarves/boots/wingnut DLC's.

Again its awarded by STEAM, it has nothing to do with the games. It makes absolutely no sense for Game X to reward you for spending money on other games that aren't even theirs.

That's like going to red lobster and getting loyalty points and expecting pizza hut to give you a free pizza for them.

And amazingly enough there are cross promotions in place already in Steam.

You make assumptions about the Point Store based on nothing. For now it's what it is. The true plans for it are only known by Valve. It might as well replace the current system for marketable items with more control over who will participate as the "free for all" approach has lead to many headaches in the past - starting from low effort games flooding the store and Steam's need to filter them out right up to bad actors gaming the system, scaming its users and being removed from Steam altogether.

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