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Will they go after Valve? Steam Wallet and Steam Community Market have many traits of IGCs (non-refundable, minimum top-up amounts, can be "earned" and traded).
by pzmarzly 2y ago
Will they go after Valve? Steam Wallet and Steam Community Market have many traits of IGCs (non-refundable, minimum top-up amounts, can be "earned" and traded).
I like using Steam Wallet,
and got many "free" games thanks to selling items on Community Market, but all of this always seemed like some grey area. In fact, even Steam Subscriber Agreement seems to contradict itself on the matter (it claims that Steam funds have no value, but later says that an user is responsible for any income taxes on Steam funds acquired on Community Market).
- Ekaros 2y agoVery likely not. Only issue with Valve system is that consumer cannot get back their credit. Otherwise while their transaction taxes might be high everything is clearly marked in local currency. You know exactly how much real currency you are paying and there is 1:1 mapping between various payment methods and to in game currency. There is no fake currency you can buy in varying sized bundles with opaque deals or discounts for larger purchases.