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The gamification of the games platform. People will buy games just for the trading cards. The more trading cards you have, the better your odds of completing a
by Zikes 10y ago
The gamification of the games platform. People will buy games just for the trading cards. The more trading cards you have, the better your odds of completing a set and turning it in for XP and leveling up your Steam account, unlocking new profile and friends list features.
- ansible 10y agoYeah, I never got that. For a while I would just sell the trading cards as soon as they were awarded. I think I got some cheap DLC for free from that money... it probably wasn't even worth my time to do that.
- elcapitan 10y agoSame here. The notifications are the most annoying part to me. I really don't care about that stuff, and I don't need a message in my inbox about some new thingy.
- pmoriarty 10y agoThere's probably an age demographic involved here. It's probably not worth your time because you're an adult and earn a good income. But most kids under a certain age don't have a job, don't think of their time in monetary terms, and might find collecting and trading cards to be fun. Steam probably has a ton of such demographic information that would make for some really interesting articles and research.