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Valve to Expand Steam Store Beyond Games on September 5
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I've used PayPal a number of times. It's been there for a good few years. It's one more payment option than you get on iTunes/AppStore.
Steam will likely offer a gift card option once they complete the rollout.
Apple doesn't set prices on the Mac App Store, developers do. As a developer myself, with an app sold both inside and outside the Mac App Store, I wouldn't charge less on Steam. I'd also refuse to use it if they demanded lower pricing, at least if/until they took over the market making that the only viable way to sell (I don't think that's going to happen).
I disagree. The Mac AppStore and iOS AppStore are completely separate. They dont interoperate in any way at all. I cant go and buy a app that I know works on iOS and OS X once.
iOS is a whole different market. Just as any tablet/phone will be (for now at least). You never know, this could actually result in some sort of legal proceeding down the line that forces Apple to allow competing appstores and non-appstore apps onto iOS. I can imagine Valve will want to stop at just Win/Lin/Mac.
This has been coming for a long time. Gabe Newel has been slagging off Windows 8 and has been building up a huge team of developers for a while now to take on the Linux port. With that near completion it makes sense to now focus on the next big thing, allowing more than just games to be sold, followed by getting the store onto as many platforms as possible.
This is great !
Now you won't be able to blame Apple when you download some spyware or something.
Now you won't be able to blame Apple when you download some spyware or something.
I recall reading a few months ago how Steam works on pricing. For indi developers its very similar to the Google Play method where you set your own prices. They dont interviene in any way. They also dont demand that you are exclusive to them.
I've used PayPal a number of times. It's been there for a good few years. It's one more payment option than you get on iTunes/AppStore.
Steam will likely offer a gift card option once they complete the rollout.
I use paypal for iTunes/AppStore all the time. Steam already has gift cards so far only at Game Stop but I bet they start going to other stores now. Link
I've used PayPal a number of times. It's been there for a good few years. It's one more payment option than you get on iTunes/AppStore.
Steam will likely offer a gift card option once they complete the rollout.
I wasn't comparing to Apple. I'm glad that they're adding gift cards. Still, Steam tends to be buggy for my friends and me.
...for now. It shouldn't be too difficult to see that the plan is to have a unified platform for all our devices. Regardless, presently you will find that iOS apps often have companion desktop apps that are sold on the Mac App Store.
That's exactly what I'm hoping for.
That trust will slowly turn to rage if you have a poor internet connection that either refuses to let your game start or stops it frequently mid game.
Is that a PayPal debit card or have Apple actually got full PayPal integration? (Not seen it myself so was curious).
Also wasnt aware about the steam gift cards. In that case the post that I quoted was meaningless
Is that a PayPal debit card or have Apple actually got full PayPal integration? (Not seen it myself so was curious).
Also wasnt aware about the steam gift cards. In that case the post that I quoted was meaningless
Full integration its super nice and one less database to have my credit card stored in. Link
While I "hate" PayPal, I would rather use it for my payment system. It helps even more when I am selling things.
Note: Hate is a strong word.
I have noticed that the Store page with its image rotation tends to consume a lot of CPU time. If I have Steam running it is hidden on the Library page and with my Friend's list up.
I have Steam running on my 2011 MBP pretty much always (such as right now) and it uses...let me check...5% of 1 logical core. That's about 1% more than Skype, which I also have running all the time, and about 1/2 the typical iTunes usage when I am playing a song.
It's very tempting sometimes while at work to right-click on that little black icon and start up a game. Must. Not. Play. Civ5.
not to get on a tangent, but Civ 5 runs like a dog on my 15" MBP. That's got nothing to do with Steam.
Achievement: I'm A Sucker For Punishment Who Hates Himself
-Use the magnetic lasso tool to do a pixel perfect separation of one pear from a basket of 30 in a 12MP picture
How else would it work? Slide some cash into the optical drive?
Gift cards for online things, or, in other cases, buying DVDs. The DVD is pretty good for backup. I don't want to give my credit card out, but I guess PayPal is good. Minecraft, on the other hand, requires you to use a credit card, and their security is horrible (since Mojang is a terrible company).
Except that there is nothing convenient about Steam.
Steam is an incredibly slow, unresponsive, mess (at least on the Mac - don't know about the Win/PC version). Does anyone know what the underlying tech is? (Java? Flash? Adobe Air? Silverlight?)
(The only reason why I'm using Steam is because of Team Fortress 2 - while loading times and server refreshes are off the charts for that game as well (doh!) - it is hands down THE best multiplayer FPS available).
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Eh. You can get a throwaway Visa prepaid card, or one of those cheap Wal-Mart debit cards if you're worried about posting your CC numbers online.
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It's not just for Macs. Though I like Steam quite a bit, it is a bit of a slow, boggy mess that takes about forever to do anything.
