You think trolls who farm for points are bad now, imagine what they would be if the points were actually worth something.

引用自 corpsmarine99：

I find them utterly worthless.

Cool. That's your right.

Why not make it WORTH something? You know, like what all businesses do. CASH BACK POINTS!

I spent a lot of money on steam. 350,000 points should be $350.00 in $$$ I can spend on games.

This stupid avatar, icon crap means nothing when you've spent the kind of money a lot of us do here.

Make it worth something TANGIBLE.

Never going to happen. You think the points-farmer clickbait/trolling is bad now? Think what it would be like if that was how the system worked. Even asking for "can I get a 10% off coupon" isn't going to happen.


(and yeah, I've got like 250k points. I got a background and an avatar border when the system launched, never bothered with anything since. Most of those points are from forum & screenshot awards. The points are worthless, but that's how they're intended to be. They're never going to be made "worth something tangible.")

引用自 corpsmarine99：

Why not make it WORTH something? You know, like what all businesses do. CASH BACK POINTS!

As you have said, they are worthless. And quite literally so -- there is no monetary value attached to them; any "cash back" that Steam would give would come out of Steam's own pockets.

And they don't feel a need to do that. Their business seems to run just fine without such incentives.

引用自 wesnef：

引用自 corpsmarine99：

I find them utterly worthless.

Cool. That's your right.

Why not make it WORTH something? You know, like what all businesses do. CASH BACK POINTS!

I spent a lot of money on steam. 350,000 points should be $350.00 in $$$ I can spend on games.

This stupid avatar, icon crap means nothing when you've spent the kind of money a lot of us do here.

Make it worth something TANGIBLE.

Never going to happen. You think the points-farmer clickbait/trolling is bad now? Think what it would be like if that was how the system worked. Even asking for "can I get a 10% off coupon" isn't going to happen.


(and yeah, I've got like 250k points. I got a background and an avatar border when the system launched, never bothered with anything since. Most of those points are from forum & screenshot awards. The points are worthless, but that's how they're intended to be. They're never going to be made "worth something tangible.")

I agree guys they are worthless, now please gimme

引用自 corpsmarine99：

I find them utterly worthless. I have 350k in points. Wow. I can spend some points on worthless icons/avatars, etc.

Then ignore them.

引用自 corpsmarine99：

Why not make it WORTH something? You know, like what all businesses do. CASH BACK POINTS!

Valve had the option, they decided on no.

Your lack of interest in steam points doesn't create a need to give them value

引用自 corpsmarine99：

I spent a lot of money on steam. 350,000 points should be $350.00 in $$$ I can spend on games.

LOL and you got what you paid for. Deciding you're owed something for being a customer is pretty entitled.

How about no, and you huff about using some other store that's also not going to give you anything.

引用自 corpsmarine99：

This stupid avatar, icon crap means nothing when you've spent the kind of money a lot of us do here.

Make it worth something TANGIBLE.

Keep dreaming.

At best if Valve wants a points for store credit scheme, you're looking at a second points system. You're not cashing out the current points system, ever.

引用自 corpsmarine99：

Points/Point Shop = worthless.

I find them utterly worthless. I have 350k in points. Wow. I can spend some points on worthless icons/avatars, etc.

Why not make it WORTH something? You know, like what all businesses do. CASH BACK POINTS!

I spent a lot of money on steam. 350,000 points should be $350.00 in $$$ I can spend on games.

This stupid avatar, icon crap means nothing when you've spent the kind of money a lot of us do here.

Make it worth something TANGIBLE.

Valve tried coupons a couple times with the Token system for a $5 coupon off a $30 purchase. Each time people exploited the crap out of it and Valve never brought it back when they switched to the points system. Tokens also expired and points don't.

If Valve wants to try this again, they'll definitely have plenty of restrictions in place and will cost hundreds of thousands of points for a coupon and not the silly conversion rate you want. This on top of the many ways to farm points easily and cheaply would probably make it magnitudes more points per dollar.

Valve covered the cost of the coupons for the purchases. Devs still got paid real $ by Valve. I don't know why people still think Valve didn't cover the cost of the coupons.

引用自 cSg|mc-Hotsauce：

Valve tried coupons a couple times with the Token system for a $5 coupon off a $30 purchase. Each time people exploited the crap out of it and Valve never brought it back when they switched to the points system. Tokens also expired.

That's the important part. You didn't get to hoard 350K points.

it's fine it's just for fun. I bought everything I wanted. it doesn't have have any fiscal value at all.

引用自 corpsmarine99：

I find them utterly worthless. I have 350k in points. Wow. I can spend some points on worthless icons/avatars, etc.

Why not make it WORTH something? You know, like what all businesses do. CASH BACK POINTS!

I spent a lot of money on steam. 350,000 points should be $350.00 in $$$ I can spend on games.

This stupid avatar, icon crap means nothing when you've spent the kind of money a lot of us do here.

Make it worth something TANGIBLE.

So you got 350,000 points for spending $350 USD on Steam.

If that was converted back into money for you to spend, where would the money come from?
It would come out of Steam's pocket.
They would lose money and that's bad for business. Especially because Steam only gets 30% of the money from game sales. The other 70% goes to the game devs.

You get the points as a FREE bonus for purchasing something.
You do not buy the points.

There used to be a system to buy $5 off coupons with Steam Points but users abused the system, beggers filled the forums. So Steam shut it down.

Just because company X does it, doesn't mean other companies should as well.

ohhh nooo poor valve they ONLY get 30% from game sales. if they gave you points that were actually worth something then how would master gaben afford a new superyacht?? please be understanding

Ok I have an idea. You know how you can bundle up gems into a sack and sell them on the marketplace?

What if you could do that with points.

So the people who don’t want points can sell their points for whatever the market thinks they’re worth, and not only does valve not lose any money, they’ll gain money from the market cut.

引用自 Sciencemile：

So the people who don’t want points can sell their points for whatever the market thinks they’re worth, and not only does valve not lose any money, they’ll gain money from the market cut.

Swarm of supply, little demand (People dont' want to PAY for points) downard price spiral into being worth cents because no one is buying when you can get them for free by trolling and posting memes.

引用自 Tito Shivan：

引用自 Sciencemile：

So the people who don’t want points can sell their points for whatever the market thinks they’re worth, and not only does valve not lose any money, they’ll gain money from the market cut.

Swarm of supply, little demand (People dont' want to PAY for points) downard price spiral into being worth cents because no one is buying when you can get them for free by trolling and posting memes.

I see no problem with this. Some people don’t seem to understand how little they’re actually worth.

I’m thinking you’d probably need to do 10k bundles for 2(5) cents (haven’t been in the marketplace for a while so my sense of the fees might be off)

EDIT: I did actually see someone who wanted to buy points without buying a game earlier this month believe it or not.

Private profile, probably has no games or just a few hentai ones. I bet those 350k points are all from jester awards. Open your profile to everyone so that we can see what kind of clown you are lmfao.

I’m fine with the cash back from my credit card. Adding quasi cash value to steam points makes the community worse off. More scams, point farming, etc.. There could be benefits to areas like trading, but the current system is fine for what it is- a way to embellish your steam profile.