Virtual Items Buying and Selling Service Now Open To All Steam Games

Team Fortress 2 is credited with changing Valve and Steam in several ways. He is one of the originators free-to-play games Valve, as well as introducing transactions item in the game. There are thousands of virtual goods being transacted there, and since April 2011, Valve has not hesitated to spend US $ 57 million for those who participate in the Steam Workshop.

That means even without working on a new game, the economy is already spinning on its own in the Steam ecosystem. And Valve seems to have the intention to expand the service. Through add-on Dalam Update steamworks, developer at the same time the digital distribution specialist company released a version of beta The Steam Inventory Service, which is intended for developer and users creative.

The Steam Inventory Service opens up opportunities for creators game access the economic side of trade item virtual. The point is, creator item (familiarly called effect because it originally came in the form of a hat) can now 'distribute' their goods more widely. Then what's the use for gamer normal? Imagine, when you get one item which is disliked thanks achievement, you can sell it to user other.

This system already exists in Dota 2, Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. But thanks to The Steam Inventory Service, developers other than Valve is allowed to use it. studios game great opportunity to add value to their game. For example, play title A for 100 hours and get item B as the fruit of your dedication.

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"With this service, a game will easily serve goods to their consumers based on the situation, action or amount of time played," Valve wrote on Twitter website Steam. "Items these can be marked as items that can be sold or exchanged via the Steam Marketplace. Developer It is also allowed to configure recipe combinations of making item to make it more rare, unique, and valuable."

Valve does not charge anything. The service is provided free of charge, including features achievement, cloud save, authentication, crash report, matchmaking, leaderboard to DLC. But of course it has the potential to be misused. Can be developer create a game just to make the biggest profit. If that happens, how will Valve handle it?

As of this writing, no studio has been reported as taking part in The Steam Inventory Service.

Speaking of Steam, the discount program Mystery Midweek in progress, ending on February 13, 2015 tomorrow.

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