A Membership sorta thing for Steam(Just like Xbox LIVE and Playstation Plus but NOT required to play online.)

[Love Vixen ✗♡✗♡]

I think it extra more fun on Steam if they done something like a membership thing that you got to pay for to get certain features on Steam, just like Microsoft's Xbox LIVE and Sony's Playstation Plus BUT NOT required to play online. Not sure if most people would agree on me with this but I think it would be pretty cool to have something like this on Steam too. Good idea?

[Black Blade]

was suggested before:
http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/882961586769349191/

Honestly the main reason Live and Plus are alive, i think is that Sony and microsoft have monopoly on there system, i cant see the point for that on Steam

[eram]

When steam had 11 games they considered a subscription service.

[Zefar]

Originally posted by |FV| Hiper1010:

I think it extra more fun on Steam if they done something like a membership thing that you got to pay for to get certain features on Steam, just like Microsoft's Xbox LIVE and Sony's Playstation Plus BUT NOT required to play online. Not sure if most people would agree on me with this but I think it would be pretty cool to have something like this on Steam too. Good idea?

There is no need for it.

We got all the abilities that Xbox Live offer and PS Plus have.
We have Free Weekends where one games gets free to play during the weekend.
We got a lot of sales which is something console users often never see.
We got achievement, worthless they might be but we still have them.

So what exactly would they add to justify it?

[Zaphre]

Steam already does everything PSN and XBLA does with no subscription... why ask for one?

You can play online for free
you get major discounts, discounts that XBLA and PSN wouldnt ever dream to give
You get preorder discounts on some AAA titles
You get (or will get if not beta) free gameplay stream
You get free weekends
You even get free games every now and then....

Give ONE good reason why i should pay a subscription for Steam.... There´s nothing Steam could offer at this moment for a payed subscriber, and making any of the current features "pay to use" would be just a stupid thing to do.

[Gus the Crocodile]

"It think it'd be more fun" is by far the strangest reason I've heard for this idea. Giving people money when you previously didn't need to is fun?

[Satoru]

Why would anyone want to pay for a subscription? Consoles are closed systems, so they can basically gate you into paying for stuff. People on PCs already don't want to pay monthly fees. As any MMO other than WoW is a F2P model not a subscription one.

What benefits would be bestowed upon me? Xbox Live used to suck you in with "Hey we have Netflix" and other services if you had Gold. But even that now is avaialbe to all users on Xbox. On the PC I can watch Netflix you know because it's a PC! Steam isn't gating me to with some kind of "You can only watch Netflix on Steam" sort of nonsense.

The open infrastructure of the PC means that they'll have problems providing a value add that would make people want to pay a subscrption. Sure it woudl be nice if say Spotify was on BPM. But again, its a PC, so I can just run the Spotify client and do stuff. Steam provides no value add by providing this 'conveneince' to me and I'm sure as hell not going to pay a subscription just so I can get Spotify on BPM.

[HLCinSC]

here's a similar thread from earlier in the week: http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/627456486795911364/?tscn=1420327348 .Personally, as long as it works like PS+ for the PS3 I don't see a downside.

[Satoru]

Originally posted by #JeSuisCharlie:

here's a similar thread from earlier in the week: http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/627456486795911364/?tscn=1420327348 .Personally, as long as it works like PS+ for the PS3 I don't see a downside.

To me though Steam pretty much provides all the benefits PS+ does but for free already. It feels like a step backwards to segregate the PC community that way.

[HLCinSC]

Originally posted by Satoru:

Originally posted by #JeSuisCharlie:

here's a similar thread from earlier in the week: http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/627456486795911364/?tscn=1420327348 .Personally, as long as it works like PS+ for the PS3 I don't see a downside.

To me though Steam pretty much provides all the benefits PS+ does but for free already.

I hear you. I just don't see the harm if it is an additional optional system that doesn't take anything away from what users currently get. If I could get access to a random assortment of free-ish games a month, extra discounts, special promo events and betas, for under $5 a month I know I would sign up. I see how it could worry other users though as there would be the fear that it could go to practically mandatory from optional like it did going from the PS3 to the PS4.

[Sovietshark]

The games are not free if you are paying 5$ a month.

[Satoru]

Originally posted by #JeSuisCharlie:

I hear you. I just don't see the harm if it is an additional optional system that doesn't take anything away from what users currently get. If I could get access to a random assortment of free-ish games a month, extra discounts, special promo events and betas, for under $5 a month I know I would sign up. I see how it could worry other users though as there would be the fear that it could go to practically mandatory from optional like it did going from the PS3 to the PS4.

I feel though that it would be inherently exclusionary. Steam already does free weekends, free games, free multiplayer, free super-uber discounts for everyone. I'd hate to see it like "Free Weekend!*" *- For Steam Premium Users Only Sukah! Or "Summer Sale!"** **-If you're a Premium User

I guess the reality is that Steam has already set the precedent that stuff is free for the service itself. So a subscription will inherently feel like a step backwards.


PS. Off topic= I wish my avatar read better visually... your name made me think of changing it to something but I cant find a good avatar that reads well this small

[HLCinSC]

Originally posted by Satoru:

I feel though that it would be inherently exclusionary. Steam already does free weekends, free games, free multiplayer, free super-uber discounts for everyone. I'd hate to see it like "Free Weekend!*" *- For Steam Premium Users Only Sukah! Or "Summer Sale!"** **-If you're a Premium User

I guess the reality is that Steam has already set the precedent that stuff is free for the service itself. So a subscription will inherently feel like a step backwards.


PS. Off topic= I wish my avatar read better visually... your name made me think of changing it to something but I cant find a good avatar that reads well this small

I see what you're saying, but I feel iit would enhance many of those existing features. Take the free weekends for example.There could be at least one a month for all users, but the rest of the month steam could use some of the subscription revenue to pay studios to make free weekends or demos. Same with the sales. Subscription guys get an extra 5% off on all sales or something similar. Obviously it would have to be done in a manner similar to this as to not encroach on features that regular users currently get.

[Sovietshark]

Originally posted by #JeSuisCharlie:

Originally posted by Satoru:

I feel though that it would be inherently exclusionary. Steam already does free weekends, free games, free multiplayer, free super-uber discounts for everyone. I'd hate to see it like "Free Weekend!*" *- For Steam Premium Users Only Sukah! Or "Summer Sale!"** **-If you're a Premium User

I guess the reality is that Steam has already set the precedent that stuff is free for the service itself. So a subscription will inherently feel like a step backwards.


PS. Off topic= I wish my avatar read better visually... your name made me think of changing it to something but I cant find a good avatar that reads well this small

I see what you're saying, but I feel iit would enhance many of those existing features. Take the free weekends for example.There could be at least one a month for all users, but the rest of the month steam could use some of the subscription revenue to pay studios to make free weekends or demos. Same with the sales. Subscription guys get an extra 5% off on all sales or something similar. Obviously it would have to be done in a manner similar to this as to not encroach on features that regular users currently get.

Free weekends are done BY the developers in an attempt to boost the sale of the game. They are banking on if users LIKE the game when it was free, they will buy it when it's not. Steam really doesn't have a say in this issue. Charging more would make steam do what exactly?

[HLCinSC]

Originally posted by Sovietshark:

The games are not free if you are paying 5$ a month.

That's why I used the ish. I think you understand what I meant. More like access to complete games without any additional charges past the subscription fee.

Originally posted by Rockon #JeSuisCharlie:

Originally posted by Sovietshark:

The games are not free if you are paying 5$ a month.

Exactly, and if Valve started to take money for things that used to be free I'm sure a lot would start looking at GOG, Desura and those kind of sites.

What if they made the "redeem key" a part of that paid service, no just no, we do not need this.

Again no one is calling for the removal of any current features users already have access to. The subscription fee would be used to enhance things not move them behind a paywall.

[Sovietshark]

Why are you guys asking them to charge you money per month? Why not just ask them for these features without the charge? Are you really suggesting you want to pay more for a service that already offers what PSN and Xboxlive do, only this one is free?