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STEAM | May 2017 - Praeying for Dino Crisis
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the_firewithin
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some humbleness
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spindoctor
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Well the specific language they use is
Now what constitutes a 'large difference' according to Valve?
Now is not the time for generosity fire, were grieving
Sorry man, I can't read. I missed that part.
Hmm, I'm now guessing it's a small ass difference
They're not done yet. Soon we won't be able to buy games on Steam outside of Steam.
Chance Hale
Member
Speaking of Bad ports Heroes 2 is sadly pretty unplayable for me. Mostly smooth for 20 minutes and then the framerate tanks and loading a video in the background doesn't work for me.
I can't gift PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds to someone in the UK, which is a 15.85% difference.
the_firewithin
Member
Now is not the time for generosity fire, were grieving
oh.....oh my goodness i just caught up on the last page or so....why has valve forsaken us
Jawmuncher
Member
Looks like you'll never get that Dino Crisis you won
uncredited male
Member
They should just let you pay the difference if this is the way they are going.
thesaucetastic
Unconfirmed Member
Yo this is a load of bullshit. Someone want to try a 10%<x<15% price difference?
Sch1sm just tried to send Civ VI to some friends in Europe with Canadian pricing, which is roughly a bit over 10% cheaper. Denied.
Looks like the threshold is 10%.
Jawmuncher
Member
You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
Chance Hale
Member
Xbox Libra will be the steambox relaunch
... and then you live even longer and get a rad knife collection.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
The new gifting changes are pretty expected, the writing has been on the wall for a while now and it was pretty obvious that Steam probably wouldn't keep the existing (now legacy) system in place forever.
If I had to guess, I'd say this is just the first part of one of their overarching goals that will also include some of the things Jim Sterling and Totalbiscuit apparently discussed with Valve during their visit - chiefly that developers will start being able to issue review copies directly to users on Steam to keep that entire side of things squarely in their own controlled ecosystem. The bigger they get, the more sense it makes for Valve to sort of re-neg on some of these customer-centric features they've provided forever in favor of winning developer/publisher support at the expense of a very small vocal minority of their customer base (typically, us). The truth is that this change likely won't affect a huge number of their paying customers outside of the ones that were using the system to bypass region restrictions or get cheaper games anyway.
This change also eliminates the ability for people to purchase Steam copies of games and sell them on sites like G2A which, if I had to wager a guess, was a big part of what drove this decision.
If I had to guess, I'd say this is just the first part of one of their overarching goals that will also include some of the things Jim Sterling and Totalbiscuit apparently discussed with Valve during their visit - chiefly that developers will start being able to issue review copies directly to users on Steam to keep that entire side of things squarely in their own controlled ecosystem. The bigger they get, the more sense it makes for Valve to sort of re-neg on some of these customer-centric features they've provided forever in favor of winning developer/publisher support at the expense of a very small vocal minority of their customer base (typically, us). The truth is that this change likely won't affect a huge number of their paying customers outside of the ones that were using the system to bypass region restrictions or get cheaper games anyway.
This change also eliminates the ability for people to purchase Steam copies of games and sell them on sites like G2A which, if I had to wager a guess, was a big part of what drove this decision.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
In other news, I guess I can decommission this Enhanced Steam feature now.
This feature was originally implemented in Enhanced Steam 2.0 released January 2013. Valve time.
This feature was originally implemented in Enhanced Steam 2.0 released January 2013. Valve time.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Whoa whoa whoa does this mean I can't stock up on Bad Rats whenever there's a sale?
Deleting my Steam account tbh
Deleting my Steam account tbh
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Honestly, if GOG Connect ended up being what we all thought it would be when it first started, I probably wouldn't even be using Steam anymore.
I too was really hoping as well. I was eager to migrate to gog :/
uncredited male
Member
I am just here for the +1's. Keep fighting the fight y'all.
Leafhopper
Banned
That is probably coming.
electroflame
Member
The gifting changes definitely suck, but the save-in-inventory stuff only made sense for:
The bigger question is: how do multi-packs work now? Do you still get extra gifts, or do you have to pick recipients to send the extras to right when you buy it?
- Grabbing extra gift copies
- Buying DLC for a game you don't own
- Digital hoarding
The bigger question is: how do multi-packs work now? Do you still get extra gifts, or do you have to pick recipients to send the extras to right when you buy it?
probably a big motivation, i agree
someguyinahat
Member
Is it still okay for me to mail gifts to myself and then use those codes in Modbot raffles the way I have been?
someguyinahat
Member
Oh...
But I hardly ever buy bundles, so I guess that's it for me and gifting. Sic transit gloria mundi.
Kurt Russell
Member
For now. Valve will update us to our own regional store soon (valve time) and we'll probably get way higher prices... so we won't be able to gift stuff because it'll be over the 10% threshold.
electroflame
Member
Oh...
Well, you could technically run a raffle, find out who the winner is, and send it to them directly through Steam. It's way more work, but it's not like Modbot raffles are 100% dead now.
texhnolyze
Banned
We need to update the thread title. It's a crisis for us all.
Gift resellers is a booming market in my country, and Valve is literally killing their businesses.
Gift resellers is a booming market in my country, and Valve is literally killing their businesses.
I was going to suggest this. Basically the giveaways will be kind of a IOU message but that can also mean some people might cheat the system and fool people so it might not be the best thing.
guess this is the future we built for ourselves by collectively deceiving ourselves into thinking a monopoly can be kind
uncredited male
Member
I guess I will use some shady GMG keys for the FFXII giveaways in July.
Next July that is.
Next July that is.
rainking187
Member
Yep, if there's any limited time DLC for games you don't own yet but would like to buy later it's really going to suck.
Nyteshade517
Member
Won't these new gifting rules pretty much kill off a site like Steamgifts/Steamtrades?
Rockin' Ranger
Member
Doesn't this leave the chance the person running it isn't able to gift it to a winner in another country due to price difference?
Thats also another possibility
Now when I think about this again...does Steam suddenly not care about new user acquisition at all? Gifting through e-mail is the most practical way to gift a Steam game to someone who's not a Steam user (yet). Now you have to ask them to create a Steam account first to be able to receive their gift. Not a huge deal really, but still more incovenient than before.
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