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The trading cards are part of the Steam economy. It's a money-making ploy. I don't know if it works or not, but it probably does. If they dropped everything th
by striking 10y ago
The trading cards are part of the Steam economy. It's a money-making ploy. I don't know if it works or not, but it probably does.
If they dropped everything that isn't about selling games to players (Steam Matchmaking, social features, the Steam economy especially wrt CS:GO and Dota) I don't think Valve would be able to sell and host games as cheaply as it does, and I think more people would pirate games rather than getting them on Steam.
- chrisdbaldwin 10y agoDing ding ding! Each one of those trading cards facilitates trade. When there is more trade, there are more transactions for valve to skim. It's simple broker economics, and it works great for everyone involved.
- elcapitan 10y agoExcept for the people who get annoyed by a message in Steam for every new achievement for jumping from platform a to b (like me).