Summary
In the last few months, Steam has been under a ton of scrutiny for various reasons, including policy updates and new developer requirements. Earlier this year,Steam announced that the games purchased on the platform were only licenses, sparking outrage among many of the platform’s users and triggering various online discussions about players' right of ownership.
In a recent Reddit post by nutella_Bar69, the Redditor shared their father’s large Steam Points balance, standing at a formidable 108,426. This started a considerable discussion among other Redditors, with hundreds of them sharing their views on the points system and posting their own balances. Such a massive reaction around a topic related to the platform isn’t surprising, as earlier this year,Steam passed an incredible player milestone, reaching an outstanding 38,367,277 online users on a Sunday morning.
Steam User Shares Incredible Points Balance
Along with discussing their own balance, the post shared by nutella_Bar69’s prompted Redditors to raise a few great questions surrounding the use of Steam Points and whether they’re worth anything. WithValve frequently making improvements to the Steam Marketand adding new features here and there, it’s not far-fetched to think that, at some point, Steam Points might be useful for more things aside from unlocking avatars, profile items, and purchasing backgrounds. This would be great news for users like nutella_Bar69 and other players who even reported to have upwards of 700,000 points in their Steam accounts.
At the moment, many Steam users reportedly agree that while having many points is certainly not a bad thing, their purpose and usability are somewhat limited. That said, withSteam releasing new updates for the Steam Deckand constantly innovating in other areas, it’s hard to tell what the future holds for the company and its users.
Although Steam remains at the forefront of everything that’s related to PC gaming and the purchasing of AAA, AA, and Indie titles, the platform has faced a few rough spots over the year. This has mainly been due to various policy updates, including the one released on October 30th, in whichSteam required developers to show a kernel-level anti-cheat software disclaimeron their storefronts if their games had one implemented. This might be good news for players who take their privacy seriously, but not so much so for developers whose sales might be affected by the disclaimer and players' widespread distrust of kernel-level anti-cheat software.
Steam
Steam is a digital video game storefront and program developed by Valve that allows gamers to purchase, play, and mod their titles all through one convenient program.
