Are Steam Points Good For Anything Besides Aesthetics?

[swillfly]

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?

[ElvisDeadly]

Right now?

No

In the future?

Who knows

[Brian9824]

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

[swillfly]

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]

Escrito originalmente por brian9824:

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

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

[Brian9824]

Escrito originalmente por cinedine:

Escrito originalmente por 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]

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]

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

[Brian9824]

Escrito originalmente por 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]

Escrito originalmente por 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]

Escrito originalmente por 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!

[swillfly]

Escrito originalmente por brian9824:

Escrito originalmente por 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.

[cinedine]

Escrito originalmente por brian9824:

Escrito originalmente por 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.

[GunsForBucks]

You can use them to reward others with awards for content like artwork or screenshots.

[swillfly]

Escrito originalmente por GunsForBucks:

You can use them to reward others with awards for content like artwork or screenshots.

That's a good use for them.. if I can figure out how & where I'd do it.

[Cigarette]

Escrito originalmente por brian9824:

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

it might be like last time where it will get you a $5 off cupon