Is it worth buying skins on games?

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Why do people need skins in games like Rust, Cs go and TF2?

[Mailer]

Publicado originalmente por Li77lehorn:

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Imagine you just paid real money.
Now you have a skin.
Was that worth it?

If you sell that skin later and make money, it's worth it.

Yeah, but Steam currency is just currency for the Steam Store, so selling a skin doesn't recoup you any of the real money you may have invested to buy it in the first place. The money is exclusively Valve's at that point.

And at any point that someone suggests that you can just "cash it back" for real money then they are definitely scamming you.

[Li77lehorn]

Publicado originalmente por UberFiend:

Publicado originalmente por Li77lehorn:

My favourite is a door I use for my submarine

Is it a screen-door? ;p

What do you mean by that?

[Garou]

If you play the game a lot and you want to look cool , go for it.

[Li77lehorn]

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Publicado originalmente por Li77lehorn:

If you sell that skin later and make money, it's worth it.

Yeah, but Steam currency is just currency for the Steam Store, so selling a skin doesn't recoup you any of the real money you may have invested to buy it in the first place. The money is exclusively Valve's at that point.

So?

Imagine not having to spend "real" money on your next game, because you sold a skin for triple its price.

[Γαῖα]

Publicado originalmente por Mailer:

Publicado originalmente por Li77lehorn:

If you sell that skin later and make money, it's worth it.

Yeah, but Steam currency is just currency for the Steam Store, so selling a skin doesn't recoup you any of the real money you may have invested to buy it in the first place. The money is exclusively Valve's at that point.

And at any point that someone suggests that you can just "cash it back" for real money then they are definitely scamming you.

Ok, look at it this way.

Normally you have to put your hard earned money into buying game but what if you could build up your steam wallet with well made purchases such as skins you later flip.
Every 1 pence (relevant currency) you make on top of your original investment is 1 pence less coming out of your actual pocket.
Sure steam/developers own the games but effectively the goal of flipping is to end up making it feel like steam/developers are letting you play the games for free.

[Mailer]

Publicado originalmente por Li77lehorn:

Publicado originalmente por Mailer:

Yeah, but Steam currency is just currency for the Steam Store, so selling a skin doesn't recoup you any of the real money you may have invested to buy it in the first place. The money is exclusively Valve's at that point.

So?

Imagine not having to spend "real" money on your next game, because you sold a skin for triple its price.

You're missing the bigger picture though.
Selling that skin for a fortune means someone else had to foot the bill with real money/steam wallet of their own.
Don't get me wrong, it's great that the market exists because it does allow the few users that get lucky, such as getting a really valuable item out of a lootbox or MvM tour in TF2, to trade in for game licenses or even Valve hardware. It's nice to not have to foot the entire bill, I agree with that.

But the point is that for you to get lucky, many more others have to get unlucky and subsequently already spend real money on cases of their own. And at that point, it is already "Valve money" you are all dealing with.

If you trace back any amount of store credit then you are going to end up at some original sum of real money being funded into the store eventually.

[Mailer]

Publicado originalmente por Γαῖα:

Publicado originalmente por Mailer:

Yeah, but Steam currency is just currency for the Steam Store, so selling a skin doesn't recoup you any of the real money you may have invested to buy it in the first place. The money is exclusively Valve's at that point.

And at any point that someone suggests that you can just "cash it back" for real money then they are definitely scamming you.

Ok, look at it this way.

Normally you have to put your hard earned money into buying game but what if you could build up your steam wallet with well made purchases such as skins you later flip.
Every 1 pence (relevant currency) you make on top of your original investment is 1 pence less coming out of your actual pocket.
Sure steam/developers own the games but effectively the goal of flipping is to end up making it feel like steam/developers are letting you play the games for free.

Sure, you make a good point about games being seemingly available for free at that point. I have no disagreement there.

I only meant that from a higher perspective, Valve and any concurrent publishers have already made their money way way before any market transaction or trade, in the form of store currency.

At any point when you add wallet funds using real money then that's also money that you will (effectively) never ever see again.