using steam points to go towards the cost of games

[fire_gem]

we get them from buying games so why not also be able to use them to buy games as well?
im not interested in anything in the steam point store and i doubt im the only one like that so why not add a feature that allows people to shave of a bit of money off a game they really want but cant yet afford?
you could even set amount limits, for example 500 points= five £ or $

[Boblin the Goblin]

They tried using points to buy coupons before.

It was exploited and shut down because of the exploitation.

[Wolf Knight]

game developers have no use for steam points, so they have no value to them. steam has no use for them either, so you are asking steam to take less from a sale for no reason.

you got the points for free, you didnt buy them, you bought something from the store and got free points throw in at no extra charge. the points have no value.

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Our daily "give me more free stuff" thread.

[Crazy Tiger]

I think that as long as points farming through awards exists, this suggestion won't become a reality.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by KittenGrindr:

They tried using points to buy coupons before.

It was exploited and shut down because of the exploitation.

More like it wasn't particularly profitable and people trying and failing to exploit it got bmad when they realized valve coinsidered their tricks in advance.

Also backl then points expired at the end of events and could only be gained during events.
WHen they made points cary over was when they stopped the coupons.

[Wolf Knight]

didnt you need to spend $75 first to get enough for a $5 coupon during the events? I know it wasnt this spend $5 to get $5 off that the OP wants

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Wolf Knight:

didnt you need to spend $75 first to get enough for a $5 coupon during the events? I know it wasnt this spend $5 to get $5 off that the OP wants

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/1747891953087707635/

[Mad Scientist]

Originally posted by KittenGrindr:

They tried using points to buy coupons before.

It was exploited and shut down because of the exploitation.

Well, also doing a LIMIT=1 would've been better than "get as many as you can from the tokens you have". It was patched very quickly however.

If they ever revisited it, they'd need a hard limit to work correctly in the test phase, before pushing it live. Can't see it happening again though.

[76561198407601200]

Originally posted by fire_gem:

we get them from buying games so why not also be able to use them to buy games as well?

Because that isn't their intended purpose as you can see.

[DrummerJacob]

Originally posted by fire_gem:

we get them from buying games so why not also be able to use them to buy games as well?
im not interested in anything in the steam point store and i doubt im the only one like that so why not add a feature that allows people to shave of a bit of money off a game they really want but cant yet afford?
you could even set amount limits, for example 500 points= five £ or $

5th grade math tells you that if you give $5 for something, you shouldnt get $5 worth of value from that + another $1. Thats $5 = $6

That doesnt work. That makes no sense.

Have you ever tried putting a Steam Skin in your gas tank? Have you ever bought dinner or paid rent with Steam Points?

Ive never been able to put a down payment on a car or house using Jesters and Heartwarming and Poetry awards.

Have you? Please explain how your money should go farther than its actual value? That is mindbreaking logic at best.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

I think that as long as points farming through awards exists, this suggestion won't become a reality.

The real game change IMO is the non-caducity of points. Back when Steam entertained the idea of exchanging points for vouchers points were time-limited.

Now with points sticking around forever it means there's a very high supply of them. That means a lot of money to give back.

Kind of a catch-22. People will complain if they cannot redeem vouchers but would also complain of the rate of echange of the vouchers if they implemented them (as It'll be nowhere near the 500 points for $5 suggested above)

[fire_gem]

Originally posted by DrummerJacob 🥁:

Originally posted by fire_gem:

we get them from buying games so why not also be able to use them to buy games as well?
im not interested in anything in the steam point store and i doubt im the only one like that so why not add a feature that allows people to shave of a bit of money off a game they really want but cant yet afford?
you could even set amount limits, for example 500 points= five £ or $

5th grade math tells you that if you give $5 for something, you shouldnt get $5 worth of value from that + another $1. Thats $5 = $6

That doesnt work. That makes no sense.

Have you ever tried putting a Steam Skin in your gas tank? Have you ever bought dinner or paid rent with Steam Points?

Ive never been able to put a down payment on a car or house using Jesters and Heartwarming and Poetry awards.

Have you? Please explain how your money should go farther than its actual value? That is mindbreaking logic at best.

what on earth are you talking about? i never said that £5 should give me $6 i said that 500 points could get a voucher worth £5 OR $5 i used different currencies because your currency would change based on where you are, obviously anyone with sense would know that the vouchers would be used for steam games only and not for other things,
so how you're bringing up using it for gas or other things is the real mind breaking logic

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by fire_gem:

Originally posted by DrummerJacob 🥁:

5th grade math tells you that if you give $5 for something, you shouldnt get $5 worth of value from that + another $1. Thats $5 = $6

That doesnt work. That makes no sense.

Have you ever tried putting a Steam Skin in your gas tank? Have you ever bought dinner or paid rent with Steam Points?

Ive never been able to put a down payment on a car or house using Jesters and Heartwarming and Poetry awards.

Have you? Please explain how your money should go farther than its actual value? That is mindbreaking logic at best.

what on earth are you talking about? i never said that £5 should give me $6 i said that 500 points could get a voucher worth £5 OR $5 i used different currencies because your currency would change based on where you are, obviously anyone with sense would know that the vouchers would be used for steam games only and not for other things,
so how you're bringing up using it for gas or other things is the real mind breaking logic

You get 500 points when you spend $5 in the Steam store, so wanting a voucher that is 500 points = $5 means that essentially that for every 5 bucks you spend in the store, you should get a 5 buck game for free. That's not feasible or realistic.

The exchange rate of tokens when Valve did vouchers was 5000 points for $5. though if Valve would bring back such things, personally I think the exchange rate is going to be more points for less money.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by fire_gem:

i said that 500 points could get a voucher worth £5 OR $5

Steam gives you 100 points per $1. That'd make a point 'worth' 1c.
However out of every $1 you spend on a purchase, Steam makes 30c

By using the same conversion rate means each point would 'costs' Steam 70c.

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

The exchange rate of tokens when Valve did vouchers was 5000 points for $5. though if Valve would bring back such things, personally I think the exchange rate is going to be more points for less money.

And that was when points could only be obtained and lasted the sale event. With the actual supply of points, it wouldn't surprise me any exchange rate at least 3 or more zeroes more expensive.

[fire_gem]

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

Originally posted by fire_gem:

i said that 500 points could get a voucher worth £5 OR $5

Steam gives you 100 points per $1. That'd make a point 'worth' 1c.
However out of every $1 you spend on a purchase, Steam makes 30c

By using the same conversion rate means each point would 'costs' Steam 70c.

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

The exchange rate of tokens when Valve did vouchers was 5000 points for $5. though if Valve would bring back such things, personally I think the exchange rate is going to be more points for less money.

And that was when points could only be obtained and lasted the sale event. With the actual supply of points, it wouldn't surprise me any exchange rate at least 3 or more zeroes more expensive.

maybe as an event then, use a certain amount of points to buy a raffle ticket to be in a chance of a voucher to go towards a games overall cost?
would that be more realistic?