Couldn't they reactivative it though for people with over X hours on games, for example? I've clocked about 800 hours in Steam (mostly in TF2, but also in games I got as a gift like L4D, Portal) or through Keys, but I've never spent anything.
All in all, it's a good move, but it may hurt some old-time users, which isn't all that great.
『Inaba Resident』;160567981 said:Finally, it'll stop.
It's a massive pain in the ass.I didn't even know spam bots on Steam were a thing.
I wonder if they surveyed a ton of bot accounts and determined $5 was enough to wipe out most of them vs $10.
I am not sure Valve is super concerned about the "I only play free games and will never buy anything from Steam" market with this move.
To be honest, that's a shitty thing to do.
So lets say someone bought a retail Steamwork multiplayer game and that's the only thing he uses Steam for; now he has limited access to basic things like chat, sending invites to people he just played with or posting in discussions just because he doesn't want to buy anything on Steam. And given how in Poland many retail PC games are a lot cheaper than they are on Steam (sometimes even Steam sales prices are higher than in retail here) it's not hard to imagine that there are plenty of gamers who have never bought anything on Steam.
For many people this will mean that they will have to pay for basic functionality. :|
They play ONLY free 2 play games?
This seems like a good idea except for the fact that unless I'm reading it wrong activating steam keys that come with retail purchases wont unlock it either which kind of sucks for people out there that just buy physical copies of games and don't want to spend money in the steam store directly (people without credit cards for example). Like if you are trying to prevent bots from making accounts for free it seems like allowing keys from retail purchases to unlock your account would accomplish the same goal.
I am not sure Valve is super concerned about the "I only play free games and will never buy anything from Steam" market with this move.
I was thinking the same. Valve won't care at all that non-paying users lose the mentioned features, since they don't bring any benefit to the company.I am not sure Valve is super concerned about the "I only play free games and will never buy anything from Steam" market with this move.
Friend requests are annoying but that really sucks for people who sign up for Steam to play TF2 or Dota or whatever and find that they have to pay money to unlock basic features...
This seems like a good idea except for the fact that unless I'm reading it wrong activating steam keys that come with retail purchases wont unlock it either which kind of sucks for people out there that just buy physical copies of games and don't want to spend money in the steam store directly (people without credit cards for example). Like if you are trying to prevent bots from making accounts for free it seems like allowing keys from retail purchases to unlock your account would accomplish the same goal.
People would just idle their bots for whatever the requirement was.
True, but 5 USD ?
it's the price of a decent meal.
Well done Valve, spambots were getting out of control
no it wouldn't , because of indie bundles. You can sometimes get 8 steam keys for a measly dollar.
Same. I made one when Portal 2 dropped on PS3, but never used it. Was gonna buy Hunie Pop, since it looks like my refurb can handle it, but I guess I might have problems doing that now?That'll be my account then, since registering in like 2006 I've spent £0
Same. I made one when Portal 2 dropped on PS3, but never used it. Was gonna buy Hunie Pop, since it looks like my refurb can handle it, but I guess I might have problems doing that now?
Yeah really shitty i mean $5 dollars is a lot /s the real shitty thing is eastern Europeans/russians adding me because they want to scam me out of my items.
I didn't even know spam bots on Steam were a thing.
That's shitty. I gifted CS:GO to my brother last year and he's been playing it for 300 hours, and 700 on TF2 before that. Now they remove basic features from him to use and he need to pay $5 to be able to use those features again. That's really fucking shitty. But I guess that's just Valve being Valve.
That's shitty. I gifted CS:GO to my brother last year and he's been playing it for 300 hours, and 700 on TF2 before that. Now they remove basic features from him to use and he need to pay $5 to be able to use those features again. That's really fucking shitty. But I guess that's just Valve being Valve.
A *decent meal*? I pay that (£3.05) everyday for a coffee on the way into work.It's a very elegant solution.
True, but 5 USD ?
it's the price of a decent meal.
Yes which is why the proposal King Radical gives wouldn't work as Steam Keys are equal.Is it confirmed indie bundles would work? I mean... retail games are basically steam keys too, no?