Quick Add to Cart/Wishlist

[Memige]

Looks like this was pointed out last year as well, but didn't seem to get any traction.

A Steam Store feature that I would find very helpful is to have "Add to Cart" and "Add to Wishlist" buttons show up when hovering over a title on the main Featured page, that way I don't have to go into and back out of each game's store page individually. The lack of this feature is particularly painful during the sales when I see 3 or 4 games at once that I want to grab, but selecting one and backing out causes the Featured games to refilter and re-order making me lose track of the other ones I wanted to grab.

[Start_Running]

There's a reason this will never happenn. Simply put. STeam is ensuring that you see the products description and system requirements by visiting the store page before you add it to your cart.

[Memige]

That doesn't seem like it out weighs the benefits. Even amazon added an instant buy button to their products, bypassing product details/reviews/etc.

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Originally posted by Memige:

That doesn't seem like it out weighs the benefits. Even amazon added an instant buy button to their products, bypassing product details/reviews/etc.

Given the problems that are fairly unique to software purchases. It sort of is. There's already an issue with people not paying attention as is. If forcing you to make two extra clicks will save them from having to reverse a transaction.. it's worth it to them.

[Memige]

I disagree. Again, amazon sells software as well. Steam is not dealing with anything unique here. And given that they aren't Google, I think they may infact actually implement requested features.

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Originally posted by Memige:

I disagree. Again, amazon sells software as well. Steam is not dealing with anything unique here. And given that they aren't Google, I think they may infact actually implement requested features.

And two different stores have ttwo different solutions. Steam basically prefers for people to be very aware of what they are buy particularly since there are also facrtors like Early Access and games with special disclaimers on the page, not to mention games that require age verification confirmation.

Whether you agree or disagree is irrelevant. this is what is and what will be

[Memige]

You deeming it that way does not make it so any more than my assertion makes it not so. The reality is that neither of us know whether Valve will add this feature, this is a question of simply: Would you personally like this feature?

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Originally posted by Memige:

You deeming it that way does not make it so any more than my assertion makes it not so. The reality is that neither of us know whether Valve will add this feature, this is a question of simply: Would you personally like this feature?

When one understands the reason for something, one can tell whether or not it will be removed. This, much like the speed limit, is there for user protection, Until users demonstrate the protection to be unneccessary (that's not gonna happen), it will persist.

Also as I mentioned, there are games with special disclaimers and EUla notifications that the user is required to give assent to before purchase.

[Memige]

All the mention problems can be solved. Valve will only bother solving them if there is enough interest in the feature. So I'll ask the core question again: Would you personally like this feature?

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Originally posted by Memige:

All the mention problems can be solved. Valve will only bother solving them if there is enough interest in the feature. So I'll ask the core question again: Would you personally like this feature?

A nd let me guess. You can't think of a solution ., Look. Valve thought about the solution to the problem. and this is it. You having to click two extra times is not costing Vlave anything. You refuinding a game because you didn't read the system requirements or the disclaimer --that-- costs Valve money. So again, it is not a problem, system functions as it was designed to.

[Memige]

I certainly can think of a solution, but that isn't the point here, despite your effort to make it so. You have still refused to state what your opinion on the feature is. You've listed off several technical issue that you think would be obstacles, and you've confidently asserted that you know how Valve would respond to this, but you haven't yet stated whether you would like it if it was available. Perhaps I was unclear in my original post, but the purpose of this thread was to gauge community interest. So... Are you interested? (If you can restrain yourself, try to answer that rather than diverting back to why you don't think it will happen)

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Originally posted by Memige:

I certainly can think of a solution, but that isn't the point here, despite your effort to make it so. You have still refused to state what your opinion on the feature is. You've listed off several technical issue that you think would be obstacles, and you've confidently asserted that you know how Valve would respond to this, but you haven't yet stated whether you would like it if it was available. Perhaps I was unclear in my original post, but the purpose of this thread was to gauge community interest. So... Are you interested? (If you can restrain yourself, try to answer that rather than diverting back to why you don't think it will happen)

And you can't guess my opinion? I think it is a fantastic idea.

Community opinion doesn't dop ♥♥♥♥♥ when held against corporate costs. This is whythe various security features are not going away either.

[Memige]

Alright, cool. I appreciate your response. So as weird as this may sound, I think we are mostly on the same page.

So, some of the thoughts that I have on how they could solve the problems (Acknowledging that Valve likly won't bother unless there is significant community outcry)

As part of the checkout process they can allow devs to post EULAs and Privacy Policies, requiring the buyer agreement before allowing purchase, this same interface could even display the Recent/overall rating levels, and have links to go read reviews. It would add one step to the buying process, but at the same time would allow for the quick add to cart/wishlist feature.

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the sole reason is less than intelligent, angry customers clogging up support.

[Memige]

Alright, so lets assume for the sake of arguement that indeed we can't do quick add to cart due to angry people flooding the support channels after accidentally adding things to their carts and buying them without ever actually double checking what they are buying.

Surely the Add to Wishlist button would still be fine, would it not?