Howcome STEAM dosent give away free games like Origin?

[mika]

As you pretty much know VALVE is a HUGE company, Steam is owned by valve and iam just curious howcome They dont throw us a free game here and there? Its not mandatory to do something of that extent but iam sure alot of us would feel a little bit more APPRICATED if they decided to do that once in a while!........... They reached 65 MILLION accounts so you cant say they cant afford it, If Origin can afford to give out free games Valve schould be giving out 100s a day! I got dead space they other free on orgin so it would be nice for them to show some apprication towards the people (US) that made them the giant they are today.Of course this is only a suggestion dont get your pantys in a sling admins. Thanks

[Nomad]

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Customer is ALWAYS right! If you have ever worked in retail or know of anyone who does they will tell you that.

lol, in the realm of digital IP, we're not customers to most companies (note I said most, not all). Instead we're generally renters for some undisclosed amount of time, and treated as bad tenents for the most part.

[Silicon Vampire]

I worked in retail for years and I'll tell you this much right now...

The customer is not always right. "Rarely" would be the more appropriate word.

[Marmet]

Because Steam doesn't force you to take it's unwanted probing of your hardware like Origin does. They feel that a free second rate game eases the pain of unnecessary and unwanted invasive actions.

[mika]

I like Steam more then Origin!- They just seam kinda cheep that was my whole point I was trying to make.If everyone of us Just spent 1 dollar today Valve would be sitting on 65 Million dollars!!! Thats alot of money,and you know none of us just spend a few bucks,some people own hundreds if not Thousands of games on steam, do some calculating and I think you can come-up with a number thats very high!...... If I owned Steam and had that much money at my disposal I would now and then give out some Free games Yes. This is a Suggestions thread and Thats what I think Steam schould do,Honor some of its members by giving back a little bit.You cant always just take take take,you have to give a little sometimes to.

[🅱️ico 🅱️azawa]

Steam can sometimes give out AMAZING deals, and has AMAZING sales. Origin can't beat the Steam sales.

[A$AP Kobz]

The epic steam sales pretty much account for the free games Origin give out. Not to mention their games like DS1

[Zefar]

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Customer is ALWAYS right! If you have ever worked in retail or know of anyone who does they will tell you that.

http://notalwaysright.com
Read how right all of those customers are.
I work in retail and customers are not right most of the time.

But that "Customer is always right" comes from most companies in USA because they desperately want customers to stay. Not every company follow that rule though.

[Tito Shivan]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Zefar:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Fx 9370@5ghz:

Customer is ALWAYS right! If you have ever worked in retail or know of anyone who does they will tell you that.

http://notalwaysright.com
Read how right all of those customers are.
I work in retail and customers are not right most of the time.

That page has been top of my to-read list for some time. And i've seen how much money it costs to business to hold up to that motto (and it's not petty money)
After some years working retail, i prefer to use a revisioned version of Dr House's motto

"The customer always lies"

There's also another motto that stuck in my mind when dealing with business, no matter how much you may like them. It was adressed at Steam, but it can be easily applied to any company (Origin, Apple, Microsoft...).
"[company name] is a business, not your girlfriend"

[Black Blade]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Zefar:

http://notalwaysright.com
Read how right all of those customers are.
I work in retail and customers are not right most of the time.

But that "Customer is always right" comes from most companies in USA because they desperately want customers to stay. Not every company follow that rule though.

You were all ready beat on that by

Diposting pertama kali oleh Protoss:

Except when not.
http://notalwaysright.com/
(I hope this doesn't count as advertising)

[Darius]

Team Fortress 2 is free... (hats are not free)...

[RonjaLin]

Should be: Team Fortress 2 is free to play... (hats are not free)...

Fixed!

[Ineffable Anathema]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Zefar:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Fx 9370@5ghz:

Customer is ALWAYS right! If you have ever worked in retail or know of anyone who does they will tell you that.

http://notalwaysright.com
Read how right all of those customers are.
I work in retail and customers are not right most of the time.

But that "Customer is always right" comes from most companies in USA because they desperately want customers to stay. Not every company follow that rule though.

The customer is not always right because the customer is human.

When I worked at ********** restaurant, this grouchy old woman came in one day demanding mashed potatoes. I mean she was livid, threatening to report me, etc. We did not at the time even have them on the menu. Believe me, that customer was wrong. >.>

[TGC> The Games Collector]

They actually do give away free stuff.

In the past they randomly gave someone the top 10 games on their wishlist 'n stuff like that.
Also had a few 90% coupons from the last winter event, which is close enough to free.
Made a few games free2play, so everyone can join them.

And Origin has lame profiles. so there...
They also lack emotion. lol

[Ineffable Anathema]

I don't really think Steam even needs giveaways as much as they discount games in the seasonal sales. I haven't paid full price for a game for longer than I can remember. Steam is awesome, no giveaway game on Origin can possibly hope to compete.

[WhiteKnight77]

Apparently you have been a user of Steam for a year. That being the case, why you were not able to get LFD2 for free is unknown. If you do not visit game forums or Steam on a daily basis, it would have been easy for you to miss. I seem to recall that LFD2 was advertised on the front page as well as the popup when you start the Steam client.

Oh yeah, Steam often has free game weekends where one can play a game for free without having to pay for it.