You cannot redeem points for this item, because you do not own the associated game or do not have two hours of playtime in it.

[Tiberius]

I was trying to purchase some wallpapers from the points shop, but somehow i got this msg despite i alr own the game.

pls fix

[FFL2and3rocks]

How many hours of playtime do you have?

[Lithurge]

You have to play for at least 2 hours. This prevents people buying a game, getting the items then refunding the game and keeping the items.

[Creeper of Doom]

You must own the desired game and have at least 2 Hours in it to redeem points shop items

[Tito Shivan]

Lithurge님이 먼저 게시:

You have to play for at least 2 hours. This prevents people buying a game, getting the items then refunding the game and keeping the items.

Pretty much this. It's a restriction to avoid people from gaming the system for the items.

[Tiberius]

I alr have that game for years now, way past the refund window. 🤦‍♂️

[Tiberius]

Besides, idk why this rule needs to be implemented. No one gains or loses anything from the point store

[FFL2and3rocks]

Tiberius님이 먼저 게시:

I alr have that game for years now, way past the refund window. 🤦‍♂️

Cool, but the point store only cares about playtime.

[Tiberius]

Imagine asking your customer to waste tens of gb of data, just so they can purchase an avatar with internet points.

Like always, the customer always gets punished for no reason.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Tiberius님이 먼저 게시:

Imagine asking your customer to waste tens of gb of data, just so they can purchase an avatar with internet points.

Like always, the customer always gets punished for no reason.

These are extra incentives for customers that buy and play their games. After all, the game devs create them.

[Maria]

Tiberius님이 먼저 게시:

Imagine asking your customer to waste tens of gb of data, just so they can purchase an avatar with internet points.

Like always, the customer always gets punished for no reason.

You can just leave it at AFK with SAM for 2 hours.

and ye they count, so no 10 GB download is needed.

[Tiberius]

I still remember when i asked steam to add a filter to remove owned games from the front store. I was met with similar response that i see in this thread, only for steam to implement the changes i've asked. lol

Ppl couldnt even see that this rule punished the power buyer (the ones who actually spend tons of money on this storefront) more than anyone else.

If i want different items from all games in my library, i have to spend at least 6k hours (not counting the time and data i need to waste to download all those games).

Well done, steam

[Tito Shivan]

cSg|mc-Hotsauce님이 먼저 게시:

These are extra incentives for customers that buy and play their games. After all, the game devs create them.

It's also an incentive to have people play the games they buy, like Trading Cards.

Steam is a games store and they want the people in Steam to be seen playing games.

[Tiberius]

Tito Shivan님이 먼저 게시:

cSg|mc-Hotsauce님이 먼저 게시:

These are extra incentives for customers that buy and play their games. After all, the game devs create them.

It's also an incentive to have people play the games they buy, like Trading Cards.

Steam is a games store and they want the people in Steam to be seen playing games.

This is not a fair comparison cos you can generate cards from playing the game (you dont even need to own the game to craft the badges). While store currency is mainly generated when players spent their MONEY on the store

[Seraphita]

Install, get hours done, uninstall. No data lost. (Internet should NOT be an issue.)

[Lithurge]

Tiberius님이 먼저 게시:

I still remember when i asked steam to add a filter to remove owned games from the front store. I was met with similar response that i see in this thread, only for steam to implement the changes i've asked. lol

What have apples got to do with oranges?

Tiberius님이 먼저 게시:

Ppl couldnt even see that this rule punished the power buyer (the ones who actually spend tons of money on this storefront) more than anyone else.

If i want different items from all games in my library, i have to spend at least 6k hours (not counting the time and data i need to waste to download all those games).

Well done, steam

You're basically saying you're wasting money buying games you have no desire to play just because you want some shiny stickers and avatar frames. Congratulations on being a 'power buyer' I guess.