Steam suggestion

[gamingjunky28]

dont know if there is a better way to get an idea to the people at steam but was going to say that it would be cool if you could use your points to buy games and another idea was if you (steam) could have your own game pass where you could pay a monthly subscription and cycle out games every month for people to try to see if they want before they buy

[Cathulhu]

Sure, as soon as you accept that your employer will pay you in SteamPoints as well.
If you consider those money, why shouldn't your employer pay you in SteamPoints?
You can pay your bills and rent with SteamPoints, right?
No?
Then why do you expect the developers of the games to be happy to be paid with SteamPoints?

And are you really suggesting paid demos? That idea is even more ridiculous.

[Zoopy]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

And are you really suggesting paid demos? That idea is even more ridiculous.

Have you never heard of Game Pass?

OP's second suggestion isn't very outlandish in a world where services like Game Pass exists. It wouldn't be "paid demos" either. It would be a subscription to gain time limited access to full games.

Steam would never implement something like that, but it's not as ridiculous as you seem to believe it is.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by gamingjunky28:

...another idea was if you (steam) could have your own game pass where you could pay a monthly subscription and cycle out games every month for people to try to see if they want before they buy

GabeN doesn't want to.

https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-has-no-plans-for-a-steam-pass-but-would-help-microsoft-put-game-pass-on-steam/

[Cathulhu]

Originally posted by Zoopy:

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

And are you really suggesting paid demos? That idea is even more ridiculous.

Have you never heard of Game Pass?

I do, but it does not grant a limited time access to games, only as long as you pay for the gamepass. And you get the full base game, not just a demo.

[Tolkien Book Fan]

If Valve ever intended for Steam Points to be convertable to cash they wouldn't have done all the work to create the Points Shop, full of things you can only get for Points. And the companies that sell on Steam endorse it by creating a lot of Points Shop-only content.

[gamingjunky28]

hotsauce thank you for the link