Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Bioshock Remastered - GoG free Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 08:54:53 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 64 Message-ID: References: <8rfvij9t7aapl8cd75hv0r6dh4mup6nmbt@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 17:54:52 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9125e47491eaf810ebc06abcd892d4e3"; logging-data="508894"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18eT2CTA93i8UaJEsrbkO6p" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:KQl78+pkIvE0j/rJnLX86cIbdo0= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4158 On 11/9/2024 7:20 PM, candycanearter07 wrote: > kyonshi wrote at 00:45 this Sunday (GMT): >> On 11/10/24 01:10, candycanearter07 wrote: >>> Zaghadka wrote at 23:03 this Saturday (GMT): >>>> On Sat, 09 Nov 2024 15:10:40 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, >>>> Spalls Hurgenson wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Sat, 9 Nov 2024 19:43:39 +0100, Kyonshi wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 11/8/2024 7:10 PM, candycanearter07 wrote: >>>>>>> JAB wrote at 11:15 this Friday (GMT): >>>>>>>> If anyone wants this I've put the code on the Steam group. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> People actually use the steam group? >>>>>> >>>>>> do people use Steam groups at all? that seems to be one of those parts >>>>>> of Steam that just is there with no interaction at all. >>>>>> >>>>>> Same with these Steam points that allow me to... buy stuff for a profile >>>>>> nobody ever looks at anyway... >>>>> >>>>> I really get the impression that Valve thought up as Steam points as >>>>> being something with real monetary use (you get 1 point per 1 US >>>>> dollar of purchases, I think), that could then maybe be redeemed to >>>>> buy games or something real. >>>>> >>>>> Except then the lawyers pointed out that it was a form of currency and >>>>> would probably cause them all sorts of legal problems, especially >>>>> given how many jurisdictions Valve operates in, so they quickly backed >>>>> away from the idea. Except now people have thousands of points and >>>>> nothing to do with it? Quick, give them useless, untradable digital >>>>> gimcracks. >>>>> >>>>> [I like the profile page. It lets me quickly see how many >>>>> games I own on Steam, and how many reviews I've posted. >>>>> Although the difference between those two numbers is >>>>> disturbingly large... maybe its better if I stop looking.] >>>>> >>>>> I've used Steam points to 'buy' rewards (equally useless) for good >>>>> reviews, but that's pretty much it, and mostly because I've earned so >>>>> many points I don't know what else to do with them. >>>>> >>>> I don't know. Nintendo gives me Gold Coins that translate 1:1 with a >>>> penny (ie: 100 GC is $1 off a purchase). If they can pull it off, surely >>>> Valve can? >>> >>> >>> To be fair, Nintendo is a Japanese company. Maybe the laws are different >>> there. >> >> There likely is a difference between how the contracts for both work. >> >> Or Nintendo simply has good lawyers at hand to work the kinks out, while >> Valve just doesn't want to bother. > > > Nintendo DEFINITELY has good lawyers. House of Mouse level good? -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.