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Steam Trade Goes Beta

Method of getting rid of unwanted presents now available

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wallis4676d ago

This is a bit redundant :/ since when do you get a new game and not play it? I mean not even boot it up just to check it out!? For those fleeting few games that remain forever unplanned i guess this is pretty cool. But in practical terms who buys a steam game and never plays it at all?

Even with gifts - most of the time you need to play it because the people who gift it in all likelihood are familiar with steam and have you as a friend, therefore you need to look like you at least tried out their gift.

Like I said though, it's still a nice gesture and idea on behalf of steam.

limewax4676d ago

Agreed, I buy things that my laptop can't run even though my desktop isn't complete yet. But I still boot it up and give it a go, Hell even if its chugging at about 10-15FPS I still play like the first half hour so I can get a bit of insight into what I purchased

iNcRiMiNaTi4676d ago (Edited 4676d ago )

Its not bad for people who buy a game and then buy a bundle with that game in it, this gives people the option to trade it. Like lets say you buy portal and then the orange box goes on sale so you buy that. Now you have an extra copy of portal you can either gift or trade

limewax4676d ago

You know, that actually is a really good feature in that context, I have actually put off Bundle purchases because of owning 1 of the games

Ducky4676d ago (Edited 4676d ago )

... too bad that you only get extra copies in rare cases.

Most of the bundles don't give you an extra copy.
Those who buy multi-pack versions of a game might be able to reap some benefit from this though, that's about it.

iNcRiMiNaTi4676d ago (Edited 4676d ago )

True. I think there's a list on the steam site which shows which games can be gifted after getting them from bundles (or was it only valve games?) but with the addition to this feature it would be nice to expand on that list a little more

BattleAxe4676d ago (Edited 4676d ago )

I've got around 15 games/betas I don't want on my account anymore. It would be great if we could at least delete games from our accounts. This trade-in system is a bit half-assed from the sounds of it. Like wallace said, who doesn't at least check out the games they have? They should make an exception where if you have no more than 2 hours of playing time logged in, then those games can be traded too. I also wouldn't mind being able to get rid of The Lost Coast Demo, the Countersrtike Beta and the TF2 Beta.

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BlackBusterCritic4676d ago

I have over 150 games on Steam...I haven't played about 90% of them. XD Damn bundles and deals. Even thought I bought all these because I WANTED them, I'll get to them eventually. But this is a nice feature to have.

fr00ty-wizenhymer4676d ago

Your exactly like me. I have about 150 too. Many I haven't played, some can't even run on my PC, but I'll get to them.

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Ghost of Tsushima PC has 84% positive reviews and a peak online audience of 72 thousand people

On 16 May, the long-awaited release of the PC version of Ghost of Tsushima took place. And the game proved to be a great success on the first day.

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PrinceOfAnger11d ago

69,477
all-time peak 3 minutes ago.

thorstein11d ago

Nice. It's really cool that PC players get to play this masterpiece.

PrinceOfAnger11d ago

It has surpassed spider man now
it's 71k+
game did this with way shorter time than spider man.

itsmebryan10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

@prince
I'm confused. Does that number mean total players at one time playing like a snapshot
or total sales? If it's the former that's not very accurate because I know I'm not the only person that buys games and plays them later and that number is not included.

RNTody11d ago

Great, I loved this game. Definitely think it's Sucker Punch's best work to date!

rippermcrip11d ago

Is this going to be the new thing thing? Articles about Steam reviews? Which of course was in response to the false article about the review bombings in the first place.

Christopher11d ago

Hey, just a heads up that the new owners did open news to Steam updates, but we try our best to not allow them to go on daily updates unless relevant to some other news. I understand this isn't everyone's cup and tea and sympathize, but the door has been open. If you feel it's 'too much' please do PM me or submit a ticket to the mod team. Thank you.

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shinoff218311d ago

I came here to post this link in that specific article. 84 perce t is pretty good. How many bad reviews were there like 5

GamerzElite11d ago

This is good game and Ghost eliminate all fake outrage.

CrimsonWing6911d ago (Edited 11d ago )

I always get confused by this, but is 72k good sales numbers for a game? I keep seeing games fail at selling 2.5 million and that they need to be on multiple platforms but is an additional 72k adding much?

Fishy Fingers11d ago

Im not sure how its confusing :\

72k actively playing. Not 72k sold.

A good example is Helldivers 2, 6m sold, 450k (at its peak) active players.

But how many swords swung is what we're all really waiting for.

shinoff218311d ago

Lmao. How many swords swung. I was hoping for how many steps

wesnytsfs10d ago

And its how many years old from initial release.

Crows9011d ago

72k is concurrent
...that is not the sold figure.

Michiel198911d ago

for one they already had a huge launch on the playstation, they don't need to sell 5m to make the porting to pc profitable and as pointed out below that number you see is just the people playing it at this moment.

Plague-Doctor2711d ago (Edited 11d ago )

Also from the insomniac leak we know these PC ports are a quick turnaround and budgeted around $2-4 million. At 100k sales they break even including Steams cut. They may not sell millions but they are a great ROI

elazz11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

72k concurrent. That is a global number. People who bought the game are not playing at the same time because of timezones, working schedules, holidays, events... There is no good rule of thumb but you can extrapolate based on other games that also released sales data. Then it is clear that the PC release alone accounts for at least 500K copies sold on steam, maybe closer to 700-800K. Probably will sell over a million this extended weekend.

According to steamspy and other data gathering sites games like Days Gone, Spider Man, God Of War, Horizon Zero Dawn have sold 2 to 5 million copies on Steam. So I expect Ghost to reach similar numbers. Probably even surpass it.

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VR MOBA 'Mecha Party' Is Now Available On Steam & PSVR 2

Mecha Party brings the VR MOBA to Europe and Asia on PSVR 2 and Steam, while the Quest 3 version targets a summer release.

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Babadook710d ago

This looks pretty good. RIGZ made me queasy but I've got better VR legs now (I think).

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Helldivers 2: How to Link Steam and PlayStation Network Accounts

This article explains how to link your Steam and PlayStation Networks accounts, which is becoming a must for Helldivers 2.

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