nanoUFOGabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'
GrimyThat tracks, everyone still owned their games back then. At least Gaben got his 8 yatchs though.
DyskolosRemember when you could sell games you’d never play again and people less fortunate than you could have their fun with them for a much lower price?
Yeah, but now at least the games still go on sale for a cheaper price and there isn’t a rare game that you can’t find anymore and if you do it’s $130.
Fun fact: if you want Harvest Moon for snes the game will cost you about $400. Good condition with the box and papers will go over a grand. Snes Aero Fighters is $1,500 for an ok cartridge.
True, that’s a point. Though we don’t know if it would be that way now too with ownable physical stuff. Gaming became waaaaaay more mainstream.
Also, steam inventory-gift-games are equally priced now. For collectors. At least thrice the original asking price for stuff you even can get for free. Last one i sold was 15 when it came out, was already in bundles a lot and it went for 100 moneyz.
Wait, these are worth something? I have so many of them rotting in my inventory.
Yeah. I don’t really know much at all about how or why people are buying the stuff or the digital cards or the whole booster pack things that steam does. There’s a ton of little pictures I have, and for whatever reason tons of people buy them if you want to sell them off. Mostly 5 to 25 cents a piece. I’ve never messed with it.
I know the cards are worth a few cents each. Selling those is more trouble than it’s worth.
I meant the inventory gift games being worth something.
Selling those cards is only worth the trouble if it’s a lot and you automate the selling. Once sold a few thousands that accumulated and got >100 bucks.
But why are they being bought? Are people actually collecting and wanting them? Or is it like a pyramid scheme stock market and people are buying and selling thousands for bits of profit?
Why are people buying pokenmon-cards or porcelain-figures. Just because.
Maybe even investments of the small-man.
2 reasons (pick one):
1: Raise your steam-level. Either to get more stuff to show on your profile or to be allowed to have more friebds (yes, there’s a limit). Up to a certain level, starting from there it’s just show how much money you got to be a famous rockstar in the steam social media. Some spend millions on that.
2: Get a badge for your profile that you really like.
I have not heard of someone collecting them for collecting-reasons. Only the game-gifts.