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Re: Bioshock Remastered - GoG free

From	candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject	Re: Bioshock Remastered - GoG free
Date	2024-11-10 03:20 +0000
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kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote at 00:45 this Sunday (GMT):
> On 11/10/24 01:10, candycanearter07 wrote:
>> Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote at 23:03 this Saturday (GMT):
>>> On Sat, 09 Nov 2024 15:10:40 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
>>> Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 9 Nov 2024 19:43:39 +0100, Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/8/2024 7:10 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>>>> JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote at 11:15 this Friday (GMT):
>>>>>>> If anyone wants this I've put the code on the Steam group.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> People actually use the steam group?
>>>>>
>>>>> do people use Steam groups at all? that seems to be one of those parts
>>>>> of Steam that just is there with no interaction at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Same with these Steam points that allow me to... buy stuff for a profile
>>>>> nobody ever looks at anyway...
>>>>
>>>> I really get the impression that Valve thought up as Steam points as
>>>> being something with real monetary use (you get 1 point per 1 US
>>>> dollar of purchases, I think), that could then maybe be redeemed to
>>>> buy games or something real.
>>>>
>>>> Except then the lawyers pointed out that it was a form of currency and
>>>> would probably cause them all sorts of legal problems, especially
>>>> given how many jurisdictions Valve operates in, so they quickly backed
>>>> away from the idea. Except now people have thousands of points and
>>>> nothing to do with it? Quick, give them useless, untradable digital
>>>> gimcracks.
>>>>
>>>>     [I like the profile page. It lets me quickly see how many
>>>>      games I own on Steam, and how many reviews I've posted.
>>>>      Although the difference between those two numbers is
>>>>      disturbingly large... maybe its better if I stop looking.]
>>>>
>>>> I've used Steam points to 'buy' rewards (equally useless) for good
>>>> reviews, but that's pretty much it, and mostly because I've earned so
>>>> many points I don't know what else to do with them.
>>>>
>>> I don't know. Nintendo gives me Gold Coins that translate 1:1 with a
>>> penny (ie: 100 GC is $1 off a purchase). If they can pull it off, surely
>>> Valve can?
>> 
>> 
>> To be fair, Nintendo is a Japanese company. Maybe the laws are different
>> there.
>
> There likely is a difference between how the contracts for both work.
>
> Or Nintendo simply has good lawyers at hand to work the kinks out, while 
> Valve just doesn't want to bother.


Nintendo DEFINITELY has good lawyers.
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      Re: Bioshock Remastered - GoG free Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-09 15:10 -0500
        Re: Bioshock Remastered - GoG free Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-11-09 12:50 -0800
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            Re: Bioshock Remastered - GoG free Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-11-09 19:13 -0800
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        Re: Bioshock Remastered - GoG free Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2024-11-09 17:03 -0600
          Re: Bioshock Remastered - GoG free candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-11-10 00:10 +0000
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                Re: Bioshock Remastered - GoG free Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-11-10 08:54 -0800
                Re: Bioshock Remastered - GoG free candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-11-11 01:40 +0000
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