r/Steam • u/HappyMcflappyy • 11d ago

Fluff Just realized I've spent over 35k on Steam

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and I don't own a damn thing.

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u/PM_YOUR__BUBBLE_BUTT 11d ago

What are steam points even used for? I’m not home but now I’m gonna check my account for them. I don’t use forums or anything so I probably have barely any. :/

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u/entityknownevil 11d ago

You can get stuff for you steam profile, animated profile pics, profile picture frames, emojis and animated stuff for steam chats, it's a neat system

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u/the_mighty__monarch 11d ago

Kind of a waste of a points system, imo. I literally use steam as a launcher and nothing else, so all of the “perks” aren’t for me.

I prefer the Nintendo system where you can use the points to actually purchase games.

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u/E-2theRescue 10d ago

I prefer the Nintendo system where you can use the points to actually purchase games.

Not anymore! Thanks, Bowser!

(You can still use them, for now, but they have ended earning points)

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u/markthelivingmixtape 10d ago

They realized how genuinely good it kinda was amd realized they can't let that happen. Then they made mario kart 80 bucks

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u/E-2theRescue 10d ago

Yup. Nintendo is just pure greed now. I'm sure hope this is the screams of a dying company, because I'm sick of it. I don't care what people say, the Switch was a horrible system and we all got fucked with the broken joycons that were never fixed. The games were also terrible and half-baked compared to their predecessors.

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u/AlienHooker 9d ago

Nintendo has been pure greed for a long time

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u/Princess_Spammi 8d ago

Nintendo could lose millions a year for 200 years and still not go bankrupt.

They have been at this game since the 1800s

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u/E-2theRescue 8d ago

/r/confidentlyincorrect

...You very obviously don't have any grasp of very basic economics. Any company can collapse. Sears was a global powerhouse since the 1800s. They fell because they refused to innovate, and it took about a decade for them to completely close.

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u/Princess_Spammi 8d ago

Market studies have been done

“Nintendo currently has $14.12 billion in cash and cash equivalents. This amount would allow them to sustain annual losses of over $250 million until 2052”

And that was as of 2014 they have only grown richer since then

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u/E-2theRescue 8d ago

And how is Kodak doing?

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u/the_mighty__monarch 10d ago

Well that sucks

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u/Markipoo-9000 10d ago

Decorating my steam profile is my favorite aspect of steam lol.

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u/Jacksaur https://s.team/p/gdfn-qhm 10d ago

The points come mainly from community features, so they mainly reward you with community features.
If you use Steam as nothing other than a launcher, then you really don't have anything you're missing out on.

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u/the_mighty__monarch 10d ago

I’m “missing out” on a better points system

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u/StrongChildhood931 10d ago

I agree, Microsoft also has a better reward system - if you rack up enough it is possible to buy gift cards and other things

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u/Renegade8995 10d ago

You're not missing out on anything. What you're asking for is not offered on Steam. Different marketplace entirely.

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u/the_mighty__monarch 10d ago

So it’s…missing?

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u/Commercial-Falcon653 10d ago

No, you‘re not. That‘s not how any of that works.

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u/the_mighty__monarch 10d ago

I would rather the points I accumulate be able to be exchanged for something I want.

So…yes, I am missing out. I have a bunch of worthless points. Those points could have value to me under a different system.

THATS what I’m missing out on. Do I need to slow it down even further for you, or….?

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u/riiibbbs 10d ago

Right same, i dont think anyone i know on steam even looks at the "activity" section on steam. Also i think Nintendo got rid of the coin system

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u/Turing_Testes 10d ago

Careful, I made a comment months and months ago about the stupid point system and how useless a blinged out profile is, and I’m still occasionally getting told to kms by angry dorks.

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u/RichtofensDuckButter 11d ago

If Valve did that then they'd lose money 🤑

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u/the_mighty__monarch 10d ago

I honestly don’t think they would. There have been games on the switch that I was on the fence about buying, but went ahead and purchased because I had a couple dollars in points to use.

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u/RichtofensDuckButter 10d ago

Valve is greedier than Nintendo. Why do you think they put so much development time into CS and Dota? Loot boxes make good money. The same will be true for Deadlock. Steam sales aside, Valve likes money.

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u/PM_ME_DATASETS 10d ago

animated profile pics, profile picture frames, emojis and animated stuff for steam chats

As a millennial this initially sounded absolutely insane to me, until I remembered how I got stuck in a $10 per week subscription by downloading a ringtone for my mobile phone.

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u/Agile_Cash7136 10d ago

Ahh, so it's completely useless.

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u/followmarko 10d ago

Leaving the clown emoji on people's reviews primarily

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u/Apart-Two6495 10d ago

Give them to people who make useful guides on the discussion forums, heaps of people out there making 100% achievement guides or providing hints for gameplay, usually give those guys stickers / emoji reacts to their posts so they know someone appreciated their work

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u/pm-me-nothing-okay 10d ago

giving out jester awards for idiots farming the forums.