Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!usenet.goja.nl.eu.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.xs3.de!ereborbbs.duckdns.org!pyrite!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: kyonshi Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Bioshock Remastered - GoG free Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 01:45:07 +0100 Organization: Fool's Gold Message-ID: References: <8rfvij9t7aapl8cd75hv0r6dh4mup6nmbt@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: c3066ed76bae8bcc0e476efb157ff758 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:45:07 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: pyrite.ereborbbs.duckdns.org; logging-data="5882"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@pyrite.ereborbbs.duckdns.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3615 Lines: 52 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.