Google Play balance

[succubus]

Since Steam is also an App on the Play Store they should let you add funds to your Steam account with your Google Play balance. I have 50€ from gift cards and no clue what to do with it. There is also no way to transfer it to PayPal so I would like if you could add them to your Steam account.

[Zekiran]

Google Play is not Steam, so... no, you cannot launder your money that way. You're stuck with it on Google.

[succubus]

I know that's why I said it would have been nice if you could use it on Steam.

[Radene]

You already gave those 50€ to Google. You can't change your mind about it now, because that money is no longer yours.

[Ettanin]

Wouldn't it violate Google Play ToS to not offer payment via Google Play because this would technically be an IAP?

[Supafly]

Not going to happen. It's like asking google to transfer some of your google balance to any number of other businesses that have apps on their store. Or how about Transferring money from other stores to your Google balance? Think Apple would let you transfer some of your Apple balance to google account just because you have Google apps on your Apple device?

Your Google balance is no longer money. It's credit. You/Gifters already spent the money.

Now if Google was to do this, they won't, they'd need to take their cut. So let's say you add £50 to your Google balance. Then you transfer all £50 to your Steam account during which Google takes it's cut £15 and leaves you with £35.

If you don't want to redeem he vouchers find a family member, friend or co worker that will buy them from you. As you said gift cards I assume you have multiple of varying amounts so you could try to sell them to multiple people.

Or provided they don't expire you can re-gift them to others in the future.

[Nx Machina]

Oprindeligt skrevet af succubus:

I have 50€ from gift cards

And they are tied to Google. How would Steam get paid or the developers?

Oprindeligt skrevet af succubus:

There is also no way to transfer it to PayPal

Google already has the money, There is nothing to transfer to PayPal or Steam or anywhere.

[succubus]

But like mobile games accept that balance for an in game purchase. As for other apps, would it not be great if they'd accept it too?

[Radene]

Oprindeligt skrevet af succubus:

But like mobile games accept that balance for an in game purchase. As for other apps, would it not be great if they'd accept it too?

Again, those 50€ are already in Google's bank account. You can't take it from there to give it to Valve instead.

[Supafly]

Oprindeligt skrevet af succubus:

But like mobile games accept that balance for an in game purchase. As for other apps, would it not be great if they'd accept it too?

It's never going to happen. Reasons why above and in every other post with this suggestion.

Can you go to the local cafe and buy a coffee with your google balance? How about your food shopping? Fuel in your car? Pay your mobile? No because they only accept real money and NOT store credit.

Maybe try a gift card exchange site
https://www.toptenreviews.com/best-gift-card-exchange-sites

[cinedine]

Oprindeligt skrevet af succubus:

But like mobile games accept that balance for an in game purchase. As for other apps, would it not be great if they'd accept it too?

Google and Apple - just like Steam - take a 30 % cut for using their payment infrastructure.

There are universally usable pre-paid gift cards, like Paysafe or Visa pre-paid. I don't know where you got your gift cards from, but if they were presents from relatives tell them to stop spending their money for shop-bound money with an expiration date.

[Crazy Tiger]

Oprindeligt skrevet af succubus:

But like mobile games accept that balance for an in game purchase. As for other apps, would it not be great if they'd accept it too?

Those mobile games use Googles payment infrastructure, that's why you can use it. Same as how PC Games can use Steam wallet through Steam.

Unlike what you seem to think, store credit is not real money. It's a voucher for that store, nothing else. You can't use store credit from store A in store B.

[Tito Shivan]

Google wants google credit to be spent their play store as Steam wants the Steam wallet funds to be spent in the Steam Store.