But you'd probably buy the wallet money using one of those methods to begin with. So I'd rather get some kind of interest on my money instead of leaving it idle at Valve.
Valve introduce Steam Wallet
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But you'd probably buy the wallet money using one of those methods to begin with. So I'd rather get some kind of interest on my money instead of leaving it idle at Valve.
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I think this is aimed at kids who maybe are saving up for a game they really want, but don't trust themselves to not spend the money whilst they are saving.
We have all been there when we were younger. Saving up for something then the temptation arises to spank some of it on some Castemaine XXXX or something.
If you want to add a bit in each week, it is good as you can't get it back. There is always the risk of spending what you have saved so far on an inferior game, but the risk is less. I think.
We have all been there when we were younger. Saving up for something then the temptation arises to spank some of it on some Castemaine XXXX or something.
If you want to add a bit in each week, it is good as you can't get it back. There is always the risk of spending what you have saved so far on an inferior game, but the risk is less. I think.
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I'm not sure about any of this aimed at kids lark. I'm sure Valve know their own market, and it's not kids.
It's just going to be some in game micro-transaction implementation through Steam works. Bet your boots.
Not necessarily Valve games, but It'll be adding money you can spend quickly in game, so you don't have to run through a paypal purchase each time you want to spend 30p on a piece of armour or something.
It's just going to be some in game micro-transaction implementation through Steam works. Bet your boots.
Not necessarily Valve games, but It'll be adding money you can spend quickly in game, so you don't have to run through a paypal purchase each time you want to spend 30p on a piece of armour or something.
yea and if you have the money on steam anyway your probably going to spend it on crap because your bored where as if it was on your credit card or in your wallet you probably wouldnt.
my step son is constantly putting micosoft points onto his xbox and then looking what he could buy
, ends up buying something for the sake of it rather than because he wants it.he earns his own money though so i cant really do anything about it but to me its just money going to waste which otherwise wouldnt have
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lol i remember the guy who hacked steam and spent 13million euro's at online gambling websites.
what a legend, oh wait steam is hacker proof you say
btw the guy did try to hold valve to ransom
Did he wager copies of bc2
Correct!
...i sincerely hoped you failed maths... i can only assume with logic that flawless you get your account stolen by phising attacks once a week...
lol i remember the guy who hacked steam and spent 13million euro's at online gambling websites.
what a legend, oh wait steam is hacker proof you say
btw the guy did try to hold valve to ransom
no it's not hacker proof but when it is (and it was cafe accounts he got) they never accesed them they just held steam to ransom and it makes the news.
Same with google/hotmail etc when they actually get "hacked" it makes headlines.
Team fortress 2 springs to mind
Only played all the new updates for the first time the other day, was shocked to a see a shop where some things cost £10-20 some even more!
Well quite simple really, you have £10 in the wallet and you want to buy something that's £12. Would you then have to top up the wallet or simply pay the extra with another source like debit card/paypal?
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Yes. You use what you have left in your Steam wallet, then top up with another payment method.
Micro-transactions. It would be a right pain in the arse to have to go through a paypal transaction everytime you wanted to spend less than a pound. If you had money left after buying something, you'd want to put it toward a game or something no?
Most of it's quite reasonable imo, I think some of the prices are clearly there to put people off buying for the most part.
If the hats (which are the really expensive thing) were cheap, I'm sure everyone would buy them, and they'd loose their exclusivity. The new items as well, that not a lot of people have also aren't cheap, putting a lot of people off. If everyone bought the new weapons because they were cheap as chips there'd be no satisfaction in getting them drop.
Older stuff is very reasonable, I picked up one of the old guns that I'd been waiting to drop for a hell of a long time for 29p just to test it out (and get the free hat
).I wouldn't be suprised if this is the reason.
As for microtransactions, can't say I understand all that stuff. I play TF2 every now and then and don't have any of this 'extra' stuff like hats. What's the point in it?
Indeed I fell victim to this last christmas I was in Ireland and wanted to buy a special weekend deal game but couldn't as it wouldn't let me buy the games because my ip wasn't in the country linked to my account. Whilst disappointed I was glad they have this type of security.
You were right
Bought a few in-game items in TF2 with it so far, it's good to be able to make purchases that take a few seconds, whilst in-game (regardless of anyone's views on DLC). It's quite nicely implemented in all fairness