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From: kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: Re: Bioshock Remastered - GoG free
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 01:45:07 +0100
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On 11/10/24 01:10, candycanearter07 wrote:
> Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> 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 <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/8/2024 7:10 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>>> JAB <noway@nochance.com> 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.