Valve Officially Launches Steam Trading
Tuesday Valve Software officially pulled Steam Trading of out beta and is now offering the service to all Steam users via Team Fortress 2, Spiral Knights and Portal 2. Now everyone can shower each other with exchangeable in-game items and game gifts.
"The addition of Steam Trading is the latest example of how Steam continues to evolve with new features and functions developed based upon feedback," said Jason Holtman, director of business development. "We look forward to seeing how gamers and developers have fun and move this functionality forward."
The Steam Trading beta began with Team Fortress 2 items and game gifts last month. According to Valve, over 1 million items and game gifts were traded during the four-week beta. However, now that the trading service is open to everyone, users will now see an item inventory in their Steam Community profile which will be viewable by everyone in the community.
"We’re working with other developers to incorporate Trading and Inventories into their games, so keep an eye out for future announcements in the coming months," Valve reports, adding that support for Steam Trading now resides within the Steamworks SDK
For more information about trading via Steam, check out the FAQ here.
Wow. What a brilliant and insightful comment. How can one possibly disagree with your logic?
Because the client running in the background as well as the game they claim slows down their PC, thereby affecting game performance.
It did for me too, back when I had a Pentium 3 and 512Mb of SDRAM.
Since then I have a machine that was made on the fashionable side of the 21st century and having something running in the background with a footprint the size of calculator or notepad doesn't make my cheap, crap, rubbish PC fall over.
Could also be hating coming from game pirates who just can't bear to part with cash to play games. Ever.
You forgot promoting indie gamers, which I think is the biggest plus of the whole platform
Why do people hate steam? I recently formatted my computer to install an ssd, and not only were the games back on with zero problem but my saves were still intact.
Wow. What a brilliant and insightful comment. How can one possibly disagree with your logic?
You are an idiot.
Is that witty and insightful enough for you, now that you have dragged
me down to your level?
Enough said.
+all my games in one place, unlimited digital copies.
+gift games to friends so I can play with them.
+overlay for chat and screen captures.
+games offered for free and daily deals and discounts on top games.
+custom gamer profiles and groups.
+the list goes on and on.
You forgot promoting indie gamers, which I think is the biggest plus of the whole platform
Why do people hate steam? I recently formatted my computer to install an ssd, and not only were the games back on with zero problem but my saves were still intact.
The saves are brilliant. Swap computers and have the same saves, go to my mates and have the same saves. Can't complain!
Because the client running in the background as well as the game they claim slows down their PC, thereby affecting game performance.
It did for me too, back when I had a Pentium 3 and 512Mb of SDRAM.
Since then I have a machine that was made on the fashionable side of the 21st century and having something running in the background with a footprint the size of calculator or notepad doesn't make my cheap, crap, rubbish PC fall over.
Could also be hating coming from game pirates who just can't bear to part with cash to play games. Ever.
never had one issue with steam since 2004, but i guess for some thats not enough, and guess the pirates hate it!
I wish they would take some of the money they make off Steam to sink into a new Half-life game already.
And what exactly is wrong with keeping what you earn? Do you want everything just given to you on a silver platter?
However if Valve would make a trading system for trading games bought through Steam, that would be great. Imagine buying a new game for $50, beating it in a few weeks, and then being able to trade it to somoene else for a different game.
I'm not a Steam hater, but the one thing that has always really made me mad was the pricing. If I'm buying a digital version of a new game, it should not be $50 or $60. I get no instruction manual, no fancy box, and no game disc. Obviously it's cheaper for the publishers to sell games this way, so why not pass some of the savings onto us? Tack on the fact that you are stuck with the game and can't trade or sell it, and I think there's some real downfall to buying games through Steam.
I guess I'm old fashioned in believing that once I purchase something I should be able to re-sell or trade it or do whatever I want with it at my leisure. Modern software companies have perverted the marketplace in favor of the primary market and thus have destroyed the secondary market (a concept that has been around since the birth of commerce).
I hear that! I uninstalled CSS because it literally was telling me EVERY DAY "CounterStrike: Source has been updated" - Gee thanks!
No its because their computers are slow. No pirate is bothered by protection, steam or otherwise.
It is a nice service, even though I only only own a few games that I got from steam. It's handy when you reinstall.