The Valve and Steam Platform Discussion Thread

[gaussgunner]

Is pubg a meme gamecor something? It looks shit, in early access, has microtransaction?

Seems like all the idiot moba and casual crowd play that game

Pewdiepie plays it.

Or at least he did until he called someone a "fucking nigger" while playing it on livestream last week, if you somehow hadn't heard.

 

[HoboForEternity]

Is pubg a meme gamecor something? It looks shit, in early access, has microtransaction?

Seems like all the idiot moba and casual crowd play that game

Pewdiepie plays it.

Or at least he did until he called someone a "fucking nigger" while playing it on livestream last week, if you somehow hadn't heard.

Yeah i know.

 

[Country_Gravy]

Is pubg a meme gamecor something? It looks shit, in early access, has microtransaction?

Seems like all the idiot moba and casual crowd play that game

Pewdiepie plays it.

Or at least he did until he called someone a "fucking nigger" while playing it on livestream last week, if you somehow hadn't heard.

Oh shit! Was he right?

 

[Sentinel]

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1448326897426987372

"We decided not to change the ways that players can review games, and instead focused on how potential purchasers can explore the review data. Starting today, each game page now contains a histogram of the positive to negative ratio of reviews over the entire lifetime of the game, and by clicking on any part of the histogram you're able to read a sample of the reviews from that time period. As a potential purchaser, it's easy to spot temporary distortions in the reviews, to investigate why that distortion occurred, and decide for yourself whether it's something you care about. This approach has the advantage of never preventing anyone from submitting a review, but does require slightly more effort on the part of potential purchasers.

It also has the benefit of allowing you to see how a game's reviews have evolved over time, which is great for games that are operating as services. One subtlety that's not obvious at first is that most games slowly trend downwards over time, even if they haven't changed in any way. We think this makes sense when you realize that, generally speaking, earlier purchasers of a game are more likely to enjoy it than later purchasers. In the pool of players who are interested in a game, the ones who are more confident that they'll like the game will buy it first, so as time goes on the potential purchasers left are less and less certain that they'll like the game. So if you see a game's reviews trending up over time, it may be an even more powerful statement about the quality of work its developers are doing."

 

[LESS T_T]

Last week's top sellers (by revenues, not counting microtransactions):

#10 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition - go home Todd you've sold enough Skyrim here
#9 - Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
#8 - NieR:Automata
#7 - XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
#6 - Grand Theft Auto V
#5 - DARK SOULS™ III
#4 - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
#3 - NBA 2K18
#2 - Divinity: Original Sin 2
#1 - PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

Last week's top sellers (by revenues, not counting microtransactions) are dead, stellar, grand, national, total, global, divine, and well-known:

#10 - Dead by Daylight
#9 - Stellaris: Utopia
#8 - Grand Theft Auto V
#7 - NBA 2K18
#6 - Stellaris
#5 - Total War: WARHAMMER II
#4 - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
#3 - Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn Story Pack
#2 - Divinity: Original Sin 2
#1 - PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

 

[Hoaxmetal]

Last week's top sellers (by revenues, not counting microtransactions):

#10 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition - go home Todd you've sold enough Skyrim here
#9 - Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
#8 - NieR:Automata
#7 - XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
#6 - Grand Theft Auto V
#5 - DARK SOULS™ III
#4 - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
#3 - NBA 2K18
#2 - Divinity: Original Sin 2
#1 - PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

Last week's top sellers (by revenues, not counting microtransactions) are dead, stellar, grand, national, total, global, divine, and well-known:

#10 - Dead by Daylight
#9 - Stellaris: Utopia
#8 - Grand Theft Auto V
#7 - NBA 2K18
#6 - Stellaris
#5 - Total War: WARHAMMER II
#4 - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
#3 - Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn Story Pack
#2 - Divinity: Original Sin 2
#1 - PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

God damn are you posting these every ~4 days or are weeks getting shorter and shorter

 

[hello friend]

o_O How is it that people are still paying for Stellaris?

 

[Latelistener]

o_O How is it that people are still paying for Stellaris?

 

[Turjan]

o_O How is it that people are still paying for Stellaris?

Also, the game sells for a bit over €12 now, and the "Utopia" DLC was one of the two DLCs you could get for free in Europe if you bought anything during that price hike episode. The latter was basically handing out freebies for their players in the Europe 1 zone who had no price changes during that time anyway, which was a good marketing move.

 

[Infinitron]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-09-25-was-valve-making-a-co-operative-fantasy-adventure-game

Looks like Valve was working on a four-player fantasy adventure game
Eye-catching Drew Wolf art suggests so.

Was Valve once developing ideas for a four-player, co-operative fantasy adventure game? Artwork by former employee Drew Wolf suggests so.

Wolf's "Untitled Fantasy Game" gallery on his website shows character work for an internal R&D project, "a fantasy adventure game centered around cooperative combat and driven by story".

"The goal was to present as many groups of four adventures as possible in order to establish a diverse cast of archetypal characters. After discussion and feedback the group was paired down to ten characters. They would become the project's main characters."

The characters range from knight to demon to wraith to hunter. They're a diverse bunch.

Nowhere does it explicitly say this internal project was Valve's but Drew Wolf isn't known to have worked anywhere else in recent years. He worked at Valve, past tense, for nine years, but is now independent according to his website bio, though his LinkedIn profile lists him as at Valve still.

While at Valve, Wolf "developed a visual style for characters in Dota 2", which is where you probably know his art from.

There have been a few high profile departures from Valve of late. In May, one of the studio's most recognisable faces, Chet Faliszek, who was instrumental in shaping Portal and pushing virtual reality, left Valve. A few months earlier, Portal, Left 4 Dead and Half-Life 2 episodes writer Erik Wolpaw left Valve. His writing partner Mark Laidlaw had left Valve early in 2016, and in August 2017 would go on to reveal what was probably the plot for Half-Life 2: Epiosde 3.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/09/25/valve-artist-portfolio-shows-fantasy-game/

Former Valve artist’s portfolio includes mystery co-op fantasy game, rad female TF2 characters

Valve Software might possibly be making a cooperative fantasy game, or have at one time worked on, or thought about making, or doodled some ideas for one. This revelation comes from concept art in the portfolio of former Valve artist Drew Wolf. “The project was a fantasy adventure game centered around cooperative combat and driven by story,” he says, though he doesn’t explicitly say the character sketches were for Valve, simply referring it as an “internal R&D project”. So maybe it maybe it never got beyond the R&D stage, maybe it wasn’t even for Valve, or maybe it’ll be Valve’s next game.

The point is: oh hot damn, Wolf also drew some ace concepts for female Team Fortress 2 characters, come look at these.

Let’s go.

With the cigars, yes.

Do check out the rest in Wolf’s ArtStation portfolio. He said these were from “An internal pitch project aimed to bring female characters to the cast of Team Fortress 2.”

Oh, that fantasy game? Over the weekend, Eurogamer pointed out character designs in Wolf’s portfolio. Wolf explained his role in it:

“Development of these characters started with a round of loose sketches. The goal was to present as many groups of four adventures as possible in order to establish a diverse cast of archetypal characters. After discussion and feedback the group was paired down to ten characters. They would become the projects main characters.”

Once the characters were settled, he drew ‘mood sketches’ to give a sense of characters and the world, which “helped convey the direction quickly and facilitate creative discussion for each character.”

His portfolio also has creature concept art from the same R&D project.

Was it even for Valve? Dunno. And if so, did it ever get past the R&D stage? Dunno.

Though Valve aren’t releasing much these days, they do seem to still be poking at things. Valve’s last full game was Dota 2, which launched in 2013. The only new game we know for certain they’re working on is Artifact, a Dota spin-off card game. Concept art for a space game out Valve was floating around years ago, though we’ve not seen or heard much from that in a while. My fingers are crossed that they’ve switched to an Inner Space game bearing the tagline “Now you’re thinking with sphincters.”

It feels like the main way we hear about Valve’s plans these days is through leaks.

 

[LESS T_T]

Valve purging bunch of game-shaped objects and achievement feeders!

Spoiler

• 6 minutes ago449630 Removed store name – Rage Parking Simulator 2016

• 6 minutes ago501690 Removed store name – Torch Cave

• 6 minutes ago559940 Removed store name – Sleengster 2

• 6 minutes ago533710 Removed store name – Torch Cave 2

• 6 minutes ago644630 Removed store name – Break The Wall

• 6 minutes ago605470 Removed store name – Barclay: The Marrowdale Murder

• 6 minutes ago656960 Removed store name – Rage Parking Simulator 2017

• 6 minutes ago654790 Removed store name – Flipper Hazard

• 6 minutes ago655450 Removed store name – Clickey

• 6 minutes ago656950 Removed store name – Torch Cave 3

• 6 minutes ago660100 Removed store name – Sleengster 3

• 6 minutes ago659850 Removed store name – GooCubelets: RGB

• 6 minutes ago662270 Removed store name – GooCubelets: Color Blocking

• 6 minutes ago662310 Removed store name – Clickey: The Velocity Click

• 6 minutes ago664220 Removed store name – The Return of Bantara

• 6 minutes ago670520 Removed store name – Laseronium: Over The Line

• 6 minutes ago674640 Removed store name – Sound Balling 2

• 6 minutes ago676200 Removed store name – Color Balling

• 6 minutes ago676230 Removed store name – Paintsplash Ball

• 6 minutes ago676280 Removed store name – Paint Polygon

• 6 minutes ago676300 Removed store name – Carnival Ball

• 6 minutes ago676640 Removed store name – Berry Pop Match

• 6 minutes ago676790 Removed store name – Sugar Fruit Match

• 6 minutes ago677000 Removed store name – Fruit Candypop

• 6 minutes ago677050 Removed store name – THREE CANDYBERRY MATCH

• 6 minutes ago677110 Removed store name – Berryblast Matchmaker

• 6 minutes ago677140 Removed store name – Crush The Berries

• 6 minutes ago677170 Removed store name – Sweet Berry Crush

• 6 minutes ago677200 Removed store name – Match and Crash

• 6 minutes ago677890 Removed store name – Flipper Hazard 2

• 6 minutes ago678110 Removed store name – Flipper Hazard 5

• 6 minutes ago678020 Removed store name – Flipper Hazard 3

• 6 minutes ago678810 Removed store name – Raccoon Hero

• 6 minutes ago680510 Removed store name – SHAPES3

• 6 minutes ago682190 Removed store name – Sphere Toss 3

• 6 minutes ago545950 Removed store name – Tesla's Best Friend

• 6 minutes ago618340 Removed store name – The Safeguard Garrison 2

• 6 minutes ago657490 Removed store name – Airon Ball

• 6 minutes ago658950 Removed store name – Run, Goo, Run

• 6 minutes ago492240 Removed store name – Tracks of Triumph: Industrial Zone

• 6 minutes ago679170 Removed store name – Raccoon Hero: The Sunrise

• 6 minutes ago680000 Removed store name – Raccoon Hero: The Frost

• 6 minutes ago679360 Removed store name – Raccoon Hero: The Marsh

• 6 minutes ago680050 Removed store name – Raccoon Hero: Starlight

• 6 minutes ago680060 Removed store name – Raccoon Hero: Among The Cacti

• 6 minutes ago680080 Removed store name – Raccoon Hero: Monkey Business

• 6 minutes ago680460 Removed store name – SHAPES

• 6 minutes ago680490 Removed store name – SHAPES2

• 6 minutes ago680520 Removed store name – SHAPES4

• 6 minutes ago680530 Removed store name – SHAPES5

• 6 minutes ago681420 Removed store name – Yello Bandana

• 6 minutes ago680580 Removed store name – SHAPES8

• 6 minutes ago680540 Removed store name – SHAPES6

• 6 minutes ago681430 Removed store name – Grin Bandana

• 6 minutes ago681440 Removed store name – Purpul Bandana

• 6 minutes ago681770 Removed store name – Whait Bandana

• 6 minutes ago681880 Removed store name – Sphere Toss

• 6 minutes ago681930 Removed store name – Sphere Toss 2

• 6 minutes ago682210 Removed store name – Sphere Toss 4

• 6 minutes ago685640 Removed store name – Sketchy

• 6 minutes ago685650 Removed store name – Sketchy 2

• 6 minutes ago461570 Removed store name – The Last Photon

• 6 minutes ago528210 Removed store name – Tracks of Triumph: Summertime

• 6 minutes ago576080 Removed store name – Tracks of Triumph: Good Old Times

• 6 minutes ago585580 Removed store name – The Safeguard Garrison

• 6 minutes ago662130 Removed store name – Wild Goo Chase

• 6 minutes ago663260 Removed store name – AironBall: The Floating Lands

• 6 minutes ago665390 Removed store name – The Safeguard Garrison: Space Colonies

• 6 minutes ago667730 Removed store name – Laseronium

• 6 minutes ago670380 Removed store name – Laseronium: The Line

• 6 minutes ago667830 Removed store name – Blu Bandana

• 6 minutes ago685610 Removed store name – Edges

• 6 minutes ago685620 Removed store name – Edges 2

• 6 minutes ago694010 Removed store name – Sketchy 3

• 6 minutes ago694020 Removed store name – Sketchy 4

• 6 minutes ago694030 Removed store name – SlingSkull Zombies

• 6 minutes ago694900 Removed store name – SlingSkull Zombies: Graveyard Shift

• 6 minutes ago694040 Removed store name – SlingSkull Zombies 2

• 6 minutes ago694910 Removed store name – SlingSkull Zombies: Gravedigger

• 6 minutes ago694920 Removed store name – SlingSkull Zombies: The Dawn

• 6 minutes ago697070 Removed store name – Point Connect

• 6 minutes ago697080 Removed store name – Point Connect 2

• 6 minutes ago697090 Removed store name – Point Connect 3

• 6 minutes ago697100 Removed store name – Point Connect 4

• 6 minutes ago697200 Removed store name – Laseronium 2

• 6 minutes ago697230 Removed store name – Laseronium: The Beam Focus

• 6 minutes ago699110 Removed store name – Mr. Jumpington

• 6 minutes ago698380 Removed store name – Paper Knights

• 6 minutes ago699120 Removed store name – Mr. Jumpington 2

• 6 minutes ago699880 Removed store name – RunZ

• 6 minutes ago699910 Removed store name – Pins 2

• 6 minutes ago699890 Removed store name – Pins

• 6 minutes ago700630 Removed store name – Pins 3

• 6 minutes ago700640 Removed store name – Staplers!

• 6 minutes ago701140 Removed store name – Staplers! 3

• 6 minutes ago701170 Removed store name – RINGOӘͶIЯ

• 6 minutes ago701200 Removed store name – RINGOӘͶIЯ 2

• 6 minutes ago702370 Removed store name – TOREj

• 6 minutes ago702380 Removed store name – TOREj 2

• 6 minutes ago702390 Removed store name – TOREj 3

• 6 minutes ago702400 Removed store name – TOREj 4

• 6 minutes ago703010 Removed store name – Gravity At Its Finest

• 6 minutes ago703020 Removed store name – Gravity At Its Finest 2

• 6 minutes ago706720 Removed store name – Hexa Faction

• 6 minutes ago706730 Removed store name – Hexa Faction 2

• 6 minutes ago706740 Removed store name – TOREj: Red Cubes

• 6 minutes ago708380 Removed store name – Black My White

• 6 minutes ago708400 Removed store name – Black My White Again

• 6 minutes ago710260 Removed store name – Burger in Partyland

• 6 minutes ago710320 Removed store name – Burger in Hyperland

• 6 minutes ago711620 Removed store name – Helium Skies 2

• 6 minutes ago712140 Removed store name – Mr. Jumpington 3

• 6 minutes ago712220 Removed store name – GooHuebelets

• 6 minutes ago712280 Removed store name – RemOOve

• 6 minutes ago712300 Removed store name – RemOOve 2

• 6 minutes ago712930 Removed store name – Unblocky

• 6 minutes ago712950 Removed store name – Unblocky 3

• 6 minutes ago712940 Removed store name – Unblocky 2

• 6 minutes ago714110 Removed store name – Mr. Jumpington 4

• 6 minutes ago712960 Removed store name – Unblocky 4

• 6 minutes ago714180 Removed store name – Tinge

• 6 minutes ago714190 Removed store name – Tinge 2

• 6 minutes ago715820 Removed store name – Good Eggzample

• 6 minutes ago715160 Removed store name – Pass The Time

• 6 minutes ago715230 Removed store name – Pass The Time 2

• 6 minutes ago715830 Removed store name – Great Eggzample

• 6 minutes ago716720 Removed store name – Machinegun Geometry

• 6 minutes ago718770 Removed store name – AimerBall 2

• 6 minutes ago716730 Removed store name – Machinegun Geometry: The Right Angle

• 6 minutes ago717390 Removed store name – Sum Sketch

• 6 minutes ago717460 Removed store name – HexaPlunge

• 6 minutes ago717470 Removed store name – HexaPlunge 2

• 6 minutes ago718640 Removed store name – Point Snake

• 6 minutes ago718760 Removed store name – AimerBall

 

[LESS T_T]

Another round of purge:

Spoiler

• 9 minutes ago710380 Removed store name – Burger on Acid
• 9 minutes ago701210 Removed store name – RINGOӘͶIЯ 3
• 9 minutes ago710340 Removed store name – Helium Skies
• 9 minutes ago697110 Removed store name – Point Connect 5
• 9 minutes ago699900 Removed store name – RunZ 2
• 9 minutes ago701120 Removed store name – Pins 4
• 9 minutes ago701130 Removed store name – Staplers! 2
• 9 minutes ago701150 Removed store name – Staplers! 4
• 10 minutes ago447880 Removed store name – Beast Blaster
• 10 minutes ago395980 Removed store name – Break Into Zatwor
• 10 minutes ago331710 Removed store name – Why So Evil
• 10 minutes ago431270 Removed store name – 3 GooCubelets Games Vol.3
• 10 minutes ago416270 Removed store name – 3 GooCubelets Games Vol.2
• 10 minutes ago397620 Removed store name – 3 GooCubelets Games Vol.1
• 10 minutes ago368900 Removed store name – Brilliant Bob
• 10 minutes ago432150 Removed store name – They Came From The Moon
• 10 minutes ago505440 Removed store name – GooCubelets: The Void
• 10 minutes ago516700 Removed store name – Zombie Boom
• 10 minutes ago585570 Removed store name – The Herbologist
• 10 minutes ago385200 Removed store name – Absconding Zatwor
• 10 minutes ago354850 Removed store name – Why So Evil 2: Dystopia
• 10 minutes ago460660 Removed store name – 3 GooCubelets Games Vol.4
• 10 minutes ago559500 Removed store name – Sleengster
• 10 minutes ago488200 Removed store name – The First Spark
• 10 minutes ago675550 Removed store name – Ball of Paint
• 10 minutes ago674650 Removed store name – Sound Balling 3
• 10 minutes ago674820 Removed store name – AironBall: The Loop
• 10 minutes ago675760 Removed store name – Color Snooker
• 10 minutes ago675710 Removed store name – PaintPool
• 10 minutes ago675670 Removed store name – ColorSpill Ball
• 10 minutes ago697220 Removed store name – Laseronium - The Reflexion
• 10 minutes ago678070 Removed store name – Flipper Hazard 4
• 10 minutes ago680570 Removed store name – SHAPES7
• 10 minutes ago679330 Removed store name – Raccoon Hero: Under The Sea

Actually, looks like they're mostly, if not all, "games" by an entity called Zonitron and its dummy companies. Most, again if not all, of them are asset flips, and it supposedly profited from bundles and card trading fee.

Wonder if it crossed the line more than just releasing a lot of craps (like copyright violation or scam etc.) or Valve finally realized there should be the minimum standard.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

Well they implemented (or are going to) change to card drops so only games that generate legitimate sales start dropping cards. Now they're removing games that benefitted from the previous lack of rules.

 

[Infinitron]

https://www.pcgamesn.com/half-life/half-life-ai-scents

Turns out that Half-Life’s AI had a sense of smell

The original Half-Life’s AI seems pretty quaint nearly 20 years later, but it was a revolution at the time. Even now, people are still digging up new details on how it all works. Now we even know that smell plays a role in the game.

This revelation comes via YouTuber MarphitimusBlackimus, who has broken down the how and what of the smell system. The types of scent are named in code are meat, carcass, and garbage, but the latter seems to have gone unused. Guards will comment on various odors left by corpses. It seems scientists were intended to make similar comments, but this feature is broken in the final game, so we’ll just have to assume the lab work has ruined their olfactory capabilities.

Creatures can also follow scents, notably including bullsquids, which will follow smells to a source of food even if the food is out of sight. If they’re injured, they’ll ignore food for a time, and they’re even smart enough to stop eating after a meal, investigating food but not eating it when they’re full. (That’s something I still struggle with.)

There’s nothing truly hidden about this, but it’s such a fun little detail to have gone largely unnoticed for nearly 20 years. If you’re looking for a reason to dig back into the original Half-Life, a former Valve designer has just put out a major new mod that looks to be a great reason to dive back in.

 

[LESS T_T]

Another round of purge:

Spoiler

• 9 minutes ago710380 Removed store name – Burger on Acid
• 9 minutes ago701210 Removed store name – RINGOӘͶIЯ 3
• 9 minutes ago710340 Removed store name – Helium Skies
• 9 minutes ago697110 Removed store name – Point Connect 5
• 9 minutes ago699900 Removed store name – RunZ 2
• 9 minutes ago701120 Removed store name – Pins 4
• 9 minutes ago701130 Removed store name – Staplers! 2
• 9 minutes ago701150 Removed store name – Staplers! 4
• 10 minutes ago447880 Removed store name – Beast Blaster
• 10 minutes ago395980 Removed store name – Break Into Zatwor
• 10 minutes ago331710 Removed store name – Why So Evil
• 10 minutes ago431270 Removed store name – 3 GooCubelets Games Vol.3
• 10 minutes ago416270 Removed store name – 3 GooCubelets Games Vol.2
• 10 minutes ago397620 Removed store name – 3 GooCubelets Games Vol.1
• 10 minutes ago368900 Removed store name – Brilliant Bob
• 10 minutes ago432150 Removed store name – They Came From The Moon
• 10 minutes ago505440 Removed store name – GooCubelets: The Void
• 10 minutes ago516700 Removed store name – Zombie Boom
• 10 minutes ago585570 Removed store name – The Herbologist
• 10 minutes ago385200 Removed store name – Absconding Zatwor
• 10 minutes ago354850 Removed store name – Why So Evil 2: Dystopia
• 10 minutes ago460660 Removed store name – 3 GooCubelets Games Vol.4
• 10 minutes ago559500 Removed store name – Sleengster
• 10 minutes ago488200 Removed store name – The First Spark
• 10 minutes ago675550 Removed store name – Ball of Paint
• 10 minutes ago674650 Removed store name – Sound Balling 3
• 10 minutes ago674820 Removed store name – AironBall: The Loop
• 10 minutes ago675760 Removed store name – Color Snooker
• 10 minutes ago675710 Removed store name – PaintPool
• 10 minutes ago675670 Removed store name – ColorSpill Ball
• 10 minutes ago697220 Removed store name – Laseronium - The Reflexion
• 10 minutes ago678070 Removed store name – Flipper Hazard 4
• 10 minutes ago680570 Removed store name – SHAPES7
• 10 minutes ago679330 Removed store name – Raccoon Hero: Under The Sea

Actually, looks like they're mostly, if not all, "games" by an entity called Zonitron and its dummy companies. Most, again if not all, of them are asset flips, and it supposedly profited from bundles and card trading fee.

Wonder if it crossed the line more than just releasing a lot of craps (like copyright violation or scam etc.) or Valve finally realized there should be the minimum standard.

So called "game collectors" are butthurt about this. Since this purge, unlike previous removals, somehow affecting their library count and other vanity activities: https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/72foef/changes_in_steam_api_50_removed_games_no_longer/

I saw a thread here 2 months ago when I lost around 100 games due to steam removing them from the store/api. Today, it looks like they did another wave. I lost 102 games today. I am unsure what games/developers these are. Any info from Steam/Valve?

Personally I would be happier if Steam told us the names of the games affected and the developers. Instead, I randomly notice I lost 50 games. What a nice surprise from Valve! I am sure a lot of other users are upset with this.

I think I will stop supporting Steam and check out other gaming Platforms now.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Are there... are there really people out there... that are SO BLOODY FUCKING STUPID and yet... have ENDLESS POCKETS OF CASH that they'll try to "collect" every game on Steam?

I know that collectors can be over-zealous at times, but come the fuck on!

...

What am I saying, OF COURSE there are people this bloody fucking stupid out there.

 

[Infinitron]

Bruticis and @Multi-headed Cow would have identified

 

[Explorerbc]

Game collectors are pretty common in steam these days, a pretty significant portion of traders are collectors for example.

A lot of bundle sites also cater almost exclusively to that crowd nowdays. Humble still has good quality games but everybody else like groupees and gala put out all sorts of shovelware collections that only people concerned about their gamecount buy. There are even sites that sell 400 games for 10$ packs etc.

 

[pippin]

ENDLESS POCKETS OF CASH

Nope. You just leave the games on idle to wait until the cards drop, sell the cards, and buy another game. You never have to spend money on this, at all. After all, these games are like 1 to 5 bucks each and they often are like 90% discounted too.

 

[Latelistener]

Are there... are there really people out there... that are SO BLOODY FUCKING STUPID and yet... have ENDLESS POCKETS OF CASH that they'll try to "collect" every game on Steam?

It's sort of a competition for them, just like with steam levels. They spend tens of thousands on this with no apparent reason, aside from mental illness.

 

[Jigawatt]

ENDLESS POCKETS OF CASH

Nope. You just leave the games on idle to wait until the cards drop, sell the cards, and buy another game. You never have to spend money on this, at all. After all, these games are like 1 to 5 bucks each and they often are like 90% discounted too.

It's not like Vavle buys the cards back from you. Someone out there must have pockets of cash to inject into the system. Perhaps even more mystifying than buying shitty shovelware is buying card drops from shitty shovelware

 

[Explorerbc]

The Steam meta is pretty fucked up these days.

There are collectors who buy hundreds of shovelware every month to boost their game count, and plague the trading community snatching games they will never play.

There are those who hoard giveaway keys from promotions with bots and then give them to the "idlers", people who activate your keys and send you back the cards to sell.

There are level-up bot services who send you full card sets to craft in exchange for money, so that you can raise your rank easily.

"Games" are made specifically to be farmed for cards, or sold on shovelware bundles, or have 2500 achievements that unlock with a press of a button just to raise achievement hunters' score.

I guess valve struck gold with turning steam from a client into a social network marketplace

 

[Latelistener]

I guess valve struck gold with turning steam from a client into a social network marketplace

Do not forget about hats.

 

[LESS T_T]

Last week's top sellers (by revenues, not counting microtransactions) are dead, stellar, grand, national, total, global, divine, and well-known:

#10 - Dead by Daylight
#9 - Stellaris: Utopia
#8 - Grand Theft Auto V
#7 - NBA 2K18
#6 - Stellaris
#5 - Total War: WARHAMMER II
#4 - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
#3 - Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn Story Pack
#2 - Divinity: Original Sin 2
#1 - PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

Last week's top sellers (by revenues, not counting microtransactions) have some fresh new entries:

#10 - Call of Duty: WWII
#9 - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
#8 - Assassin's Creed Syndicate
#7 - The Guild 3
#6 - Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
#5 - Grand Theft Auto V
#4 - Cuphead
#3 - Divinity: Original Sin 2
#2 - Total War: WARHAMMER II
#1 - PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

 

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There is a Guild 3?

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