"You need to own this game to acquire this emoticon" F*** OFF!

[phosTR]

Are you serious with this stupidity?! Why the hell do i need to own a game to acquire an emoticon? What is the reason behind this BS?

[Cathulhu]

Because the developer decided to grant such items only to owners of their game. As a reward/incentive.

[imag2OOO]

its pretty annoying but atleast u can just buy the emotes+ backgrounds in market

[Crazy Tiger]

Items exclusive to the points shop are free for everybody. That are the animated backgrounds, mini backgrounds, avatars and avatar frames, for example.
The stuff you can also get in the community market, static backgrounds and emoticons, those have the restrictions of game ownership and 2 hours playtime.

The latter restriction has been put in because people were buying games and refunding them to buy the emoticons and static backgrounds in the points shop.

The restriction is not opt-in, it's set by Steam: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketing/tradingcards

Steam Points Shop

With the introduction of the Points Shop, there is now a more direct way for users to acquire these items. Users must own the product and have at least two hours worth of playtime in it before they can redeem Steam Points for emoticons or static profile backgrounds.

[phosTR]

Escrito originalmente por imag2OOO:

its pretty annoying but atleast u can just buy the emotes+ backgrounds in market

oh great, i'm gonna use real money instead of my points to acquire the emoticon. seriously, ♥♥♥♥ this ♥♥♥♥.

[phosTR]

now if i want certain emoticons i'm forced to buy some shovelware and let it rot in my library. this so stupid, ffs

[Start_Running]

Escrito originalmente por phosTR:

Escrito originalmente por imag2OOO:

its pretty annoying but atleast u can just buy the emotes+ backgrounds in market

oh great, i'm gonna use real money instead of my points to acquire the emoticon. seriously, ♥♥♥♥ this ♥♥♥♥.

you could also trade for it

[SqueakyTweaky]

Don't use emoticons. Or use the one that doesn't require games, or use your phones that are free 🫥🫥🫥

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It's the hard-knock life for us
It's the hard-knock life for us
'Stead of treated
We get tricked
'Stead of kisses
We get kicked
It's the hard-knock life


i sell cards to buy emoticons...

[AmsterdamHeavy]

Dont know why but the impotent rage here on display is making me giggle.

Im so shoulder deep beyond the borderline it isnt funny...but this made me giggle for some reason.

[Mad Scientist]

Sell some of the trading cards from your games and you'll be able to get it on the community market.

Not all games require ownership in order to purchase their points shop items, but a large amount do.

[2Bjoe]

Escrito originalmente por phosTR:

now if i want certain emoticons i'm forced to buy some shovelware and let it rot in my library. this so stupid, ffs

yuppp totally agree w this iss BS on next level, just sell us normal friggon emojis for duck sake

[treefrog]

So you're not gonna spend real money (from card sales, as pointed out) on emoticons, but you're gonna spend most likely MORE real money on games that you're never gonna play just so you can buy the emoticons with Steam points? Ok

[Yandy]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.