GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
No more stupid Starbucks/iTunes for X-Mas/Birthday presents
Steam Vouchers please, the Gift that keeps on giving, hell if Steam Gifts are allowed, Literally!
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Gamestop starts selling Steam vouchers
- Thread starter Catshade
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No more stupid Starbucks/iTunes for X-Mas/Birthday presents
Steam Vouchers please, the Gift that keeps on giving, hell if Steam Gifts are allowed, Literally!
EvilDick34
Banned
I could see myself having quite a large steam wallet if this is all 100 percent true.
EDIT: No more Target gift cards please, UGH!
Because wifes and parents can control credit cardsWhy are so many people happy about this?
EvilDick34
Banned
Because wifes and parents can control credit cards
*Makes a whipping sound and gesture*
Professor Beef
Banned
corporate cheerleader
Member
Same, credit cards aren't a big thing here and the few companies that I trust with my bank account number can be counted on one hand. Better safe than sorry. Though, I doubt that it will be sold in countries where there are no Gamestops. :|
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Last I checked, isn't there an issue if a store is selling gift cards with currency value i.e. $20/$50 and not Points i.e. Microsoft Points?
I wonder how much will Gamestop make here. I'm sure it's not just exclusive to Gamestop.
I wonder how much will Gamestop make here. I'm sure it's not just exclusive to Gamestop.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
A dollar or two?, if games are 70-30 in Devs favor, Steam-Gamestop => 90-10?
Well, didn't they stop locking you out of your account if there are payment problems? Instead it just prevents you from buying more stuff.
Professor Beef
Banned
They'll probably make the same as Best Buy or other B&M stores.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
How much do the stores make on gift cards? I'm curious, really.
EDIT: I'll explain briefly what I'm asking. When a store sells you a $20 gift card of a service that they are not related to (e.g. Best Buy selling PSN Card), how much percentage of it does the store get? In some cases like Prepaid VISA, stores get to keep the activation fee. In cases like PSN cards, there is none.
StoppedInTracks
Member
I cannot understand people NOT understanding this.
Do you question MS XBLA cards?
PSN cards?
Do you question MS XBLA cards?
PSN cards?
corporate cheerleader
Member
Here in NL, stores don't earn shit when they sell PS cards. They just act as the middle man between the customer and Sony. The only thing they have to give up is shelve space, really.
Just an FYI, you could already get gift card functionality through paysafecards.
It seems a lot of people don't know about its existence. The downside is, there are fees involved so the price will be slightly higher that the actual value of the card.
It seems a lot of people don't know about its existence. The downside is, there are fees involved so the price will be slightly higher that the actual value of the card.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Yeah that's the idea I got, which is what pissed off a lot of stores when PSN Cards had currency value and not points value.
Isn't Gamestop directly supporting their competitor by selling Steam Cards, which directly conflicts with their PC Download Service (and better yet, their PC service all together since not a lot of people holds on to discs when it comes to PC Gaming).
Yeah, you're still able to access your Library, but all other features are locked out. A huge if belated improvement.
Professor Beef
Banned
A speedy Google search tells me that Best Buy makes around 30% off of PSN/XBLA cards sold. I can't imagine it's any more or less for Gamestop.
ShironRedshift
Member
Exactly. Plus it's an easy way for relatives/friends to gift you Steam credit that doesn't require that they know/you teach them how to use Steam to buy games and gift them to you and make sure they actually do it right and not end up trying it, make a mistake, get confused, give up, and end up giving you a Target card or something instead. Just telling them to buy the card is way simpler and prevents the mistakes/complications/confusion from even being an issue in the first place. The benefits of having this as an option on top of the existing ones seems pretty self-explanatory to me.
Plus, if these end up eventually coming to places like Amazon as well, being able to basically exchange the Amazon credit I have lying around for Steam credit would be fantastic~
toddhunter
Member
Why are so many people happy about this?
If they are not region locked it is a way for Australians to easily deal with the bullshit pricing we have without jumping through big hoops, risking account or credit card problems or making a casual acquaintence who can help.
I'm all for this.
That Bullshit pricing still exists on Steam. Max Payne 3 costs $90, not counting any DLC...
Awesome, instead of buying games on Steam at my computer in my underpants I can now drive all the way to the store and get hassled for a Game Informer subscription! True convenience!
Nah, it's a good idea especially for gifting. If these things manage to exist for reals then I'll be buying them as stocking stuffers and whatnot for gaming bros.
Nah, it's a good idea especially for gifting. If these things manage to exist for reals then I'll be buying them as stocking stuffers and whatnot for gaming bros.
I'm no expert, but I don't think buying money will make the amount of money something costs go down. You're still going to have to buy $90 worth of these stupid cards to be able to afford a $90 game. It's not like buying one of these cards lets you buy games at american prices.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
It's a very good idea for gifting. It's a much better idea for trading in your old games and consoles for Steam superiority.
toddhunter
Member
The problem isn't saying you are american, it is providing funding to that account. To me saying I live in the US and trying to use an Australian credit card or similar 'may' work, but with the investment made in an account, I'd much rather just be playing with steam $.
Similar to PSN. Want a US account? Enter your address as an American one. Want to put funds in it? Well a bit trickier unless you just simply buy and activate a PSN card.
Yes you will still need to get around steam somewhat. But I'd much rather do that then trying to do the same thing with credit card companies involved.
bodyboarder
Member
And discounted cards.
Steam works kind of different than PSN, i think. Namely, you need a US IP address to buy from the US store. And using proxies and VPNs is equally as bannable as using foreign credit cards. If you get caught, that is.
Fuck the PSN hack, people have completely forgotten that Steam was hacked and the user databases were stolen last year.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Remember folks, you can buy voucher/gift cards from Best Buy US. I'm sure it'll be the same for Stream card.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=462491
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=462491
fluffydelusions
Member
I remember a couple weeks ago someone in here just talking about how they wish they would start doing this...
EvilDick34
Banned
Meh, most people knew or had a good idea the day Gamestop bought Impulse that it was not going to work out because Gamestop shits on PC gamers and it would just come back to bite them.
AdmiralSnackbar
Member
People seem to underestimate just how huge the gift cards were to the success of itunes. One of the big reasons that no one pays for anything on the android store is there is no way to pay in cash.
Same. I have a category in my library just for crap games or games I beat but not ever going to play again that's about 40-50 games long. Gabe said they're toying with the idea (probably what they wanted the financial guy for) but it's not easy to pull off especially on a DD place.
I question why PSN cards still aren't on Amazon. I have credit to use dammit.
ThaiGrocer
Member
Does anyone else want to buy one of these just to try it out? I personally would get one as a souvenir for first-time visit to my local Gamestop.
This is exciting for some reason.
This is exciting for some reason.
sixteen-bit
Member
That's mind-boggling. Wouldn't one need an internet connection to redeem the voucher anyway?
I can. Valve would essentially be losing money off of this. Gamestop would get all of the profit, yet Valve would still have to fund the backend to support the products sold with those giftcards.
It's not about the internet connection. It's so you can pay with paper rather than plastic. Kids and some adults just don't have a card to use.
Yeah first thing that popped into my head. Also I thought Gamestop was starting their own DD service to compete with Steam???
They need more GameStop in their Steam!
this is just another way for tf2 idlers to get more accounts.
Jake Tower
Banned
So now we can flip used games for Steam credit?
I like it.
Although, this will surely mean the death of the industry.
I like it.
Although, this will surely mean the death of the industry.
The Elite
BOSS
This pleases me, greatly.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
How convenient. I just got a $25 gift card for Gamestop and no idea what to do with it since I hate Gamestop. I hope they let you buy gift cards with gift cards...
Goro Majima
Kitty Genovese Member
So I can trade in some 8 hour game that I paid 60 bucks for, get like 30 bucks in credit, then buy 9 or 10 games on Steam?
I'm down.
Yeah getting $50 steam cards from people for $40 is going to be niiiiiiceee.
If that was your thought process I'd really have to wonder why you even got that game at $60. Maybe you got over excited only for the game to be disappointing? That and exclusive titles are the only angles that really make sense to me, most of those games I wait on Steam sales for in the first place.
Jake Tower
Banned
I imagine something like that. This process introduces further liquidity into our gaming budgets, perhaps allowing us to take more chances on full price day one games. We can buy a $60 console game confident that if it turns out bad it can be flipped at GameStop and that credit used to buy Steam monies, which goes quite far.
TheFightingFish
Member
Yeah, this is my plan. I only do maybe one or two console games a year now anyways, everything else is all during the steam sale. So for the couple of console exclusives that I just have to play I can pick 'em up, play 'em and if I can't find solid way to sell for cash just trade them in for Steam credit. I'm all over this.
I get those for filling out online surveys, and you can buy anything in the store with them, so yes. This will be awesome