Steam limits functionality of users that do not spend money

#5054173

PhazeDelta1

2015-04-20 09:25

Seems legit. Am I to assume this $5 is a one time thing?

#5054174

IchimA

2015-04-20 09:28

Seems legit. Am I to assume this $5 is a one time thing?

I don't think so ! Until now , if you wanted to sell some items or something you had to do a buy of minimum 2 euro a year or something like this. I usually don't like spending and this kind of affects me ! But it may be a good feature as from january this year I had all kind of ppl add me to steam and try to " SELL " me some stupid thing

#5054187

xIcarus

2015-04-20 09:58

I never heard about spending 2 euro a year or something like that. If that's the case, I've got that covered easily. But the change raises a question mark in my head. In order to trade you needed to add money to your steam wallet anyway. The minimum amount you can add is 5 EUR. Not sure what's up with this rule.

#5054189

TheDeeGee

2015-04-20 10:05

Got 27 Euros in my Wallet from a Refund, i'm good.

#5054191

allesclar

2015-04-20 10:08

I am sure it just adds up the games/wallet in the account and if its more than $5 you are good to go. Even if you have not bought a game in years. I do wonder what they will limit though, i could not find it in the text.

#5054205

scatman839

2015-04-20 10:45

I'm very much ok with this. Also the steam page you linked to doesn't seem to exist. edit, got it https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3330-IAGK-7663# more details

What features are unavailable to me? Limited users are prevented from accessing several features on Steam, including but not limited to: Sending friend invites Opening group chat Voting on Greenlight, Steam Reviews and Workshop items Participating in the Steam Market Posting frequently in the Steam Discussions Gaining Steam Profile Levels (Locked to level 0) and Trading Cards Submitting content on the Steam Workshop Posting in an item's Steam Workshop Discussions Accessing the Steam Web API Using browser and mobile chat What will not grant me access to the above features? The below actions will not remove limited user restrictions: Activating a retail game on Steam Playing free demos Adding a non-Steam game as a shortcut Adding/playing promotional trials like Free Weekends Free to Play games (Examples: Alien Swarm, free versions of Portal and Team Fortress 2) Activating promotional CD Keys from hardware or graphic card manufacturers

#5054207

KissSh0t

2015-04-20 10:58

Does this take into account all past purchases?

#5054219

Yttersta

2015-04-20 11:12

"Each Steam purchase total will be tracked in USD. If your Steam store's currency isn't in USD, it will be tracked and converted to USD automatically using daily exchange rates." Wait, so if I purchase the equivalent of $5 one day in my local currency and tomorrow the exchange rate plummets then I'll have to pay more because the money I had paid in my local currency isn't worth $5 anymore? or will Steam consider that my purchase criteria was met once and will flag my account as good to go? I appreciate this solution as something against phishing but

#5054231

KissSh0t

2015-04-20 11:25

"Each Steam purchase total will be tracked in USD. If your Steam store's currency isn't in USD, it will be tracked and converted to USD automatically using daily exchange rates." Wait, so if I purchase the equivalent of $5 one day in my local currency and tomorrow the exchange rate plummets then I'll have to pay more because the money I had paid in my local currency isn't worth $5 anymore? or will Steam consider that my purchase criteria was met once and will flag my account as good to go? I appreciate this solution as something against phishing but

You don't use Steam for games?

#5054233

Fox2232

2015-04-20 11:33

While it is OK, it sux too. Time to time we want to get friend quickly to steam for playing some F2P game which means they do not need to purchase anything as long as one of us give him gift of some cheap game. Without them having one paid game, their account are in limited mode (nothing new). And they can't do some friends stuff/multi voice chat/... I hope that this limit works only for new accounts and not retrospectively since I am pretty sure some of gifts I handed out were like $1.5~2.5 (Skyrim/killing floor/terraria/...).

#5054235

Smokey25

2015-04-20 11:45

Great,now EA also sees another way of making money with Origin.

#5054241

evilkiller650

2015-04-20 11:52

$5 is not enough to deter scammers and fraudsters, especially how much money they can make. It should be at least $50.

#5054250

AcidIce

2015-04-20 12:06

I do not like this - I only have F2P games in my steam and do not spend any money on them. Will I now be limited because of that...

#5054253

Kaarme

2015-04-20 12:07

Seems reasonable. In the end Steam is a business for Valve, so it makes sense paying customers are who they prioritise, especially if among the non-paying ones lurk criminals. This is no different from forums often limiting rights until a user has 5 posts or something, in order to curb spambots.

#5054267

IcE

2015-04-20 12:29

Does this take into account all past purchases?

Of course it does. I can't see this affecting hardly anyone negatively, to be honest.

#5054275

fantaskarsef

2015-04-20 12:43

$5 is not enough to deter scammers and fraudsters, especially how much money they can make. It should be at least $50.

Most likely not, since the most people looking to have odd profiles have got 1000 games, hardly any playtime with them, and lots of items they sell / trade. I always wonder if it's a 'gold sink' for those nasty credit card fraud hackers. 😀

#5054279

DesGaizu

2015-04-20 13:26

Steam is just preparing you all for the enevatible subscrition fee it will force on everyone.

#5054281

Denial

2015-04-20 13:36

Most likely not, since the most people looking to have odd profiles have got 1000 games, hardly any playtime with them, and lots of items they sell / trade. I always wonder if it's a 'gold sink' for those nasty credit card fraud hackers. 😀

What profiles are those? I get CS:GO/DOTA 2 scammers all the time. They often have retarded account names with zero games and barely any items. You can tell that these people generate probably hundreds of accounts a day. By forcing them to pay at least $5 it will cut down on it majorly. Honestly I think charging money for lots of things fixes issues. CSGO for example, every time the game is on sale for $5 the number of cheaters for the next 2 months is unbearable. People pay $20 for 4 games and cheat for a few weeks on each account before it gets banned. Makes me wish CSGO was like $100. Anyway, I think the $5 idea is a good one.

#5054294

vbetts

Moderator

2015-04-20 14:09

I don't even know how much I have spent on Steam games this year so far....

#5054299

FerCam™

2015-04-20 14:21

Or in one word moneycracy, the world is just for people with the moneyz.