The point shop rewards are a scam

[[drunk] 2021 Giant Stance]

Why can't I just buy a gaming profile? Why do I have to spend $10 to get 1,000 points and $100 to get 10,000 points? When did this become acceptable?

[FFL2and3rocks]

For the same reason you can't just buy the prizes at Chuck E. Cheese instead of redeeming tickets.

[Qbert ⭐]

You can just ignore that and get points when y ou buy actual games... you're missing that part.

[DarkCrystalMethod]

Most emotes/backgrounds/etc can be found for money on the community market(I'm not a fan of not being able to trade when I'm done with something).
They didn't have to have a points system to incentivize buying games with a side reward. If they hadn't these things would probably be sold through a different part of the steam store page(which I think they should still do).

[wesnef]

The idea is that you just have points lying around from, you know, participating in Steam. Either by buying products from the store, or by doing stuff on the forums and gaining points from awards.

Most of us have piles of points, and nothing to really spend them on. The idea "omg, why do I have to SPEND MONEY to get points, so I can get a thing from the points shop!" is absurd to us.

Are you going to join an airline travel program, and then say "why do I have to buy tickets to fly places to get Reward Miles, so I can get a thing from the Reward Miles Catalog?!?!?"


edit: apparently I've got 142k points. And nothing to buy with them, because I don't redecorate my profile every month. /meh

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

Publicado originalmente por 2008 Chevy 🅷🅷🆁 🆂🆂:

Why can't I just buy a gaming profile? Why do I have to spend $10 to get 1,000 points and $100 to get 10,000 points? When did this become acceptable?

You can get points by other means other than purchases. That's why you're argument doesn't work.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

It's reward system, the items are not for sale you can only redeem them, you can earn points in few ways.

A) By spending money via Steam store, such as buying games, DLC, software, or etc... Or by spending money via In-game store. Please note spending money on market place does not grant you Steam points.

Please note if you refund game, DLC, or etc, the points are deductive from you, if you happen to redeem items using the points, and do not have enough points to cover the points deduction it automatically refund the newest items you had redeem until you have enough points to cover the points deduction.


B) People can award you points by giving you awards on your posts, screenshots, artwork, video, workshop, and guides. You get the points after 14 days has passed, the points you earn for each award is base on which award they give you, example if they give you 300 point cost award you only get 100 points from it after the 14 days.


Basically you earn it completely free by option B as not a single penny was spent to getting Steam shop point items. Hence reward system.

[JPMcMillen]

Publicado originalmente por 2008 Chevy 🅷🅷🆁 🆂🆂:

Why can't I just buy a gaming profile? Why do I have to spend $10 to get 1,000 points and $100 to get 10,000 points? When did this become acceptable?

Decades ago when credit card companies started doing point based rewards programs. Especially when they included exclusive bonuses only available through the reward program.

[rawWwRrr]

Publicado originalmente por 2008 Chevy 🅷🅷🆁 🆂🆂:

Why can't I just buy a gaming profile? Why do I have to spend $10 to get 1,000 points and $100 to get 10,000 points? When did this become acceptable?

You're not meant to purchase the Points Shop items. It's why it's called the Points Shop and not just Shop. And there is no reason for you to buy games just to get Points. That's ridiculous. Everything in the Points Shop is just meant to be added fun. There is nothing in there of any real value.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Publicado originalmente por 2008 Chevy 🅷🅷🆁 🆂🆂:

Why can't I just buy a gaming profile? Why do I have to spend $10 to get 1,000 points and $100 to get 10,000 points? When did this become acceptable?

Cheese it with in game items. Purchase capsules inside CS:GO, get points, sell the capsules on the Market at a small loss. Thousands of points per dollar.

Far more efficient than spending it on games.

[Qbert ⭐]

Publicado originalmente por cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Publicado originalmente por 2008 Chevy 🅷🅷🆁 🆂🆂:

Why can't I just buy a gaming profile? Why do I have to spend $10 to get 1,000 points and $100 to get 10,000 points? When did this become acceptable?

Cheese it with in game items. Purchase capsules inside CS:GO, get points, sell the capsules on the Market at a small loss. Thousands of points per dollar.

Far more efficient than spending it on games.

Great, now i have to install csgo2 xD

[JPMcMillen]

Publicado originalmente por Qbert ⭐:

Publicado originalmente por cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Cheese it with in game items. Purchase capsules inside CS:GO, get points, sell the capsules on the Market at a small loss. Thousands of points per dollar.

Far more efficient than spending it on games.

Great, now i have to install csgo2 xD

If you do, play the tutorial. That will get you the whole 1 achievement (100%) that the game has.

[Qbert ⭐]

Publicado originalmente por JPMcMillen:

Publicado originalmente por Qbert ⭐:

Great, now i have to install csgo2 xD

If you do, play the tutorial. That will get you the whole 1 achievement (100%) that the game has.

Noted! Thank!

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Publicado originalmente por JPMcMillen:

Publicado originalmente por Qbert ⭐:

Great, now i have to install csgo2 xD

If you do, play the tutorial. That will get you the whole 1 achievement (100%) that the game has.

Just start a bot match and leave after you spawn. Exit the game and you got it.

[JPMcMillen]

Publicado originalmente por cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Publicado originalmente por JPMcMillen:

If you do, play the tutorial. That will get you the whole 1 achievement (100%) that the game has.

Just start a bot match and leave after you spawn. Exit the game and you got it.

Where's the fun in that?
At least run around and shoot some bots for a few minutes.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Publicado originalmente por JPMcMillen:

Publicado originalmente por cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Just start a bot match and leave after you spawn. Exit the game and you got it.

Where's the fun in that?
At least run around and shoot some bots for a few minutes. :csgogun::csgohelmet:

That was the first hour it went live.

I played a few matches on an alt the next day.