A Free Game for Christmas

[SaveTheZombies]

Are we getting a free game for Christmas from Steam? ♥♥♥♥♥♥ some real gems in years past, like L4D2.

[ReBoot]

İlk olarak Ganger tarafından gönderildi:

If other places can give away free games I see no reason why steam can't. Steam being this billion dollar company just smells of greed if you ask me.

There's a pretty easy way to deal with situations such as these as a customer: vote with your wallet. Take your money to the business you think deserves it.

İlk olarak Ganger tarafından gönderildi:

Im just basically saying that loyal steam users who spend all their money on steam should get something back as a reward for being loyal especially at christmas, even if it's a cheap game. I don't expect anything myself as im not longer a loyal customer to steam (not spend a penny on steam for nearly two years).

There's a couple problems in this paragraph
1. That dumb concept of one-sided loyalty. Valve isn't your spouse, friend nor therapist. Valve is a money-making business! Yes, they've been doing nice things in the past and will likely continue, but spare your loyalty for those who care about you as a person, not another entry in a database!
2. People spending all their money on video games don't need loyalty rewards, they need therapy.
3. Don't fight on other's behalf. It makes you look like you're in it for attention more than anything else and you're missing the perspective of those you're allegedly fighting for anyway.

[J4MESOX4D]

İlk olarak SaveTheZombies tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak J4MESOX4D tarafından gönderildi:

Literally games being given away freely every single day all over the place https://isthereanydeal.com/ and people still waiting for a non-existent freebie from Valve on here?

The original post is from 5 years ago. Why it's gaining traction now? Don't know.

Because someone else necro'd it two days ago.

[StickyPawz]

İlk olarak Ganger tarafından gönderildi:

Im just basically saying that loyal steam users who spend all their money on steam should get something back as a reward for being loyal especially at christmas, even if it's a cheap game.

Exactly how would *any* gaming company know where else you spread your money? ... Just blindly trust your "I'm a loyal customer" claim?

[Ganger]

İlk olarak StickyPawz tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Ganger tarafından gönderildi:

Im just basically saying that loyal steam users who spend all their money on steam should get something back as a reward for being loyal especially at christmas, even if it's a cheap game.

Exactly how would *any* gaming company know where else you spread your money? ... Just blindly trust your "I'm a loyal customer" claim?

By the sheer volume of money customers throw at them.

[J4MESOX4D]

İlk olarak Ganger tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak StickyPawz tarafından gönderildi:

Exactly how would *any* gaming company know where else you spread your money? ... Just blindly trust your "I'm a loyal customer" claim?

By the sheer volume of money customers throw at them.

And a lot of that money goes towards platform operating costs. You think a service that holds nearly 120m active users and 50,000 games costs nothing to sustain and maintain?

If Valve gave away a cheap game to every active user for £1 that they had to subsidise themselves then that would be £120,000,000 out of their pocket in one day.

This also isn't taking into account more physcial aspects of the business such as wages, R&D, rent, licensing and legalities, stock holding, production etc...

If you think they collect £50 per big game and are bathing in billions each week then you are sorely deluded.

[Mailer]

İlk olarak J4MESOX4D tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Ganger tarafından gönderildi:

By the sheer volume of money customers throw at them.

And a lot of that money goes towards platform operating costs. You think a service that holds nearly 120m active users and 50,000 games costs nothing to sustain and maintain?

If Valve gave away a cheap game to every active user for £1 that they had to subsidise themselves then that would be £120,000,000 out of their pocket in one day.

This also isn't taking into account more physcial aspects of the business such as wages, R&D, rent, licensing and legalities, stock holding, production etc...

If you think they collect £50 per big game and are bathing in billions each week then you are sorely deluded.

Well they could also limit the giveaway to active accounts that logged in during a certain period and have unlimited themselves by adding sufficient store funds.
Other than that, I agree with what you are saying, but some part of me still holds out hope for something special this particular sale for some reason.
For one, they seem to put a lot more into advertising it this time around.

I'm not going to be devastated by a lack of free gifts though.

[Tito Shivan]

İlk olarak cSg|mc-Hotsauce tarafından gönderildi:

They just gave away over 300 Steam Decks.

:qr:

"But none to me, so it doesn't count"

İlk olarak Ganger tarafından gönderildi:

Im just basically saying that loyal steam users who spend all their money on steam should get something back as a reward for being loyal especially at christmas, even if it's a cheap game.

Soo... for the poor Steam users who can't spend (much) money:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5QGkOGZubQ

İlk olarak ReBoot tarafından gönderildi:

There's a couple problems in this paragraph
1. That dumb concept of one-sided loyalty. Valve isn't your spouse, friend nor therapist. Valve is a money-making business! Yes, they've been doing nice things in the past and will likely continue, but spare your loyalty for those who care about you as a person, not another entry in a database!

Or as I like to call it: "Steam is NOT your girlfriend."

[DiceDsx]

İlk olarak Ganger tarafından gönderildi:

If other places can give away free games I see no reason why steam can't. Steam being this billion dollar company just smells of greed if you ask me.

As mdesaleah said, Valve doesn't need to promote their launcher or attract people to it, which is the reason others offer free games.

Other companies aren't giving you free stuff because they feel the Christmas spirit, you know.

Valve also gave away more than 300 Steam Decks recently.

[Ganger]

İlk olarak DiceDsx tarafından gönderildi:

Valve also gave away more than 300 Steam Decks recently.

People keep bringing up the steam decks for some reason. It's only a tiny faction, I mean something like 0.0000001% of the user base.

Means nothing to the tens of millions of users who want a free AAA+ game this christmas.

[Tito Shivan]

İlk olarak Ganger tarafından gönderildi:

Means nothing to the tens of millions of users who want a free AAA+ game this christmas.

Tens of millions who want a free AAA+game 'for free' ammounts around half a billion dollars in games.

İlk olarak DiceDsx tarafından gönderildi:

Other companies aren't giving you free stuff because they feel the Christmas spirit, ypu know.

And Again:

İlk olarak Tito Shivan tarafından gönderildi:

"Steam is NOT your girlfriend."

[J4MESOX4D]

İlk olarak Ganger tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak DiceDsx tarafından gönderildi:

Valve also gave away more than 300 Steam Decks recently.

Means nothing to the tens of millions of users who want a free AAA+ game this christmas.

You expect Valve to spend £6bn on giveaways?

[Jarek has quit gaming]

They should have waited a few weeks, give Portal to everyone for free, and then release the free RTX dlc at the same time, so that it is available for everyone, not just owners of Portal.

Would have been a cheap investment for Valve, a good promotion for the DLC, and also a nice little christmas gift. And if you already owned portal people couldn't say that Valve didn't give away anything.

It all could have been so easy.. :)

[Ganger]

İlk olarak J4MESOX4D tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Ganger tarafından gönderildi:

Means nothing to the tens of millions of users who want a free AAA+ game this christmas.

You expect Valve to spend £6bn on giveaways?

:lunar2019laughingpig:

I believe give aways don't work that way, I read a article from a developer once where he mention that contracts are drawn up with the publisher for a set fee to be able to give away free games, again I only quote what I read.

[DiceDsx]

İlk olarak Ganger tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak DiceDsx tarafından gönderildi:

Valve also gave away more than 300 Steam Decks recently.

People keep bringing up the steam decks for some reason. It's only a tiny faction, I mean something like 0.0000001% of the user base.

Means nothing to the tens of millions of users who want a free AAA+ game this christmas.

They still gave away something for free. Just because it's not what you want doesn't change that.
Again, a game giveaway, especially a AAA one, it's very unlikely to happen for the reasons provided above.

İlk olarak Katoowyy tarafından gönderildi:

They should have waited a few weeks, give Portal to everyone for free, and then release the free RTX dlc at the same time, so that it is available for everyone, not just owners of Portal.

Would have been a cheap investment for Valve, a good promotion for the DLC, and also a nice little christmas gift. And if you already owned portal people couldn't say that Valve didn't give away anything.

It all could have been so easy.. :)

We would still be here, with people asking for free games, but with the added line that the free Portal wasn't enough since the game costs a few bucks on sale and it's quite old if anyone brings that up.

[J4MESOX4D]

İlk olarak Ganger tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak J4MESOX4D tarafından gönderildi:

You expect Valve to spend £6bn on giveaways?

I believe give aways don't work that way, I read a article from a developer once where he mention that contracts are drawn up with the publisher for a set fee to be able to give away free games, again I only quote what I read.

And which AAA publisher is gonna give away their game for a pittance? As I said earlier, even if they gave away their game for £1, that would mean Valve would still have to stump up £120,000,000 to the publisher based on active users. That is an astonishing sum of money for a giveaway. This is the model Epic adopted for exclusives in their store and it is haemorrhaging money. Some devs get paid pennies per install on EGS so ultimately the store holder and publisher end up with the short straw and the freeloaders reap the benefit of a game they couldn't care less about.

There's literally 10+ games given away on multiple stores each week so I don't know why people are busy chasing Steam freebies. There's usually one free game every week on Steam as it is so this fixation on a Christmas gift is weird.