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« on: September 13, 2010, 05:59:01 PM » |
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http://store.steampowered.com/steamaccount/addfunds/I personally fail to see the point.... ... but I smell mini-transactions coming up.
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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2010, 06:09:26 PM » |
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Was talking to disco about this. It basically just seems like it's paypal, except you can only add set amounts of cash, and you can't remove money from the account, only add.
Basically, paypal > steam wallet
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« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2010, 06:12:01 PM » |
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yes cruel looks like micro-transactions meh. "or within a game that supports Steam transactions." I wouldn't mind if they wern't following the stupid xbox system of stealing your pennies
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« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2010, 06:14:10 PM » |
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Possibly releasing gift cards in the future?
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« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2010, 06:18:27 PM » |
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Now I've the awesome picture of a giggling Gabe Newell running away from disco, who is shouting "give me back mah pennies!"  @lt: Yeah, but the reason I use paypal is that paypal accepts other ways of payment (e.g. I can't donate to wdg via bank transfer), steam funds probably won't accept payment methods steam doesn't accept. (Though they could expend it later on...) |
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« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2010, 07:02:53 PM » |
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Lets not forget that Paypal are a bunch of sinister motherfuckers.
Granted, Valve are going the same way. But Paypal already, definitely are.
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« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2010, 09:21:36 AM » |
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Lets not forget that Paypal are a bunch of sinister motherfuckers.
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« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2010, 11:25:32 AM » |
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Hmmm... Maybe its for parents. Here child, have X amount of money to spend on games.
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« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2010, 11:28:36 AM » |
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Maybe Steam are setting themselves up as an alternative to Paypal, GFWL etc
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« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2010, 01:43:55 PM » |
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Screw mini transactions. Greedy bastards charging for stuff that would usually be done for free. To make it even worse they tend to lock down their new models by denying community tools.
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« Reply #10 on: September 14, 2010, 02:48:22 PM » |
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I would be ok with steam wallet, if you could put in any amount. You don't really need a withdrawal feature as long as you can clear your account if needed. Asking you to put in prepaid amounts with no relation to actual prices is just a way to hold onto your change.
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« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2010, 07:37:32 PM » |
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Just a way for Valve to collect money from people who then forget to spend it. The only use I see is to allow gift cards etc for Steam, but tbh gifting games to people works well enough already.
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« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2010, 01:03:40 AM » |
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but tbh gifting games to people works well enough already.
afaik you can only do that if you already own a copy. this would be a way around that |
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« Reply #13 on: September 17, 2010, 01:14:07 AM » |
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I doubt that since it asks me if I want to buy as gift each time I buy myself a game.
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« Reply #14 on: September 17, 2010, 01:16:40 AM » |
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I doubt that since it asks me if I want to buy as gift each time I buy myself a game.
well in that case i have no idea |
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