• Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    You have to pay for animated pfps?

    I have more points than I’ll ever use and that was just from patient gamering. If this isn’t about the points system, I’m clearly out of the loop.

    • FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      Same here. I even remember I got some expensive seasonal badge (given I can’t remember really shows how much I care) because I had so many points

      I feel like they’re a nice thank you for buying games you were probably gonna buy anyway and people able to “buy something”. I don’t think it would even make a difference if they made all point shop items free

      Also steam has offline mode so I’m confused about the drm part

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      3 months ago

      I think it’s just that animated pfp are only available if you pay, even if it’s not for the pfps themselves.

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        3 months ago

        There’s definitely an interesting aspect that you can only access games profile content if you own the game. So, no Starfield pfps of you didn’t buy the game.

        On one hand, buying the game gives you points which is usually enough to buy the set. On the other hand, you do have to own the game to get access to buying these accessories in the first place.

        Personally it’s not really a big deal to me given that they are just .APNG’s that you can upload yourself. But I guess the OP didn’t want to put Valve in a positive light by saying that users can customize their accounts for free.