Wednesday, December 12th 2012
Steam Community Market Now In Beta
Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today introduced the Steam Community Market, now in Beta with Team Fortress 2.
The Community Market is designed to expand the Steam Economy beyond trading. Players are now enabled to buy and sell in-game items with other players for Steam Wallet funds.
"With over a half million trades made every week, the trading system has been very successful," said Tony Paloma of Valve. "Extending game economies beyond trades and giving players a way to turn gameplay into funds for new items and games is a key component for moving that success forward."
The Steam Community Market, now in beta with Valve's Team Fortress 2, will be available to other titles on Steam in the New Year. Games that participate enable users to show off their items on the Steam Community and sell or trade their items to others.
Items purchased are subject to transaction fees, please see FAQ for more www.steamcommunity.com/market/faq.
The Community Market is designed to expand the Steam Economy beyond trading. Players are now enabled to buy and sell in-game items with other players for Steam Wallet funds.
"With over a half million trades made every week, the trading system has been very successful," said Tony Paloma of Valve. "Extending game economies beyond trades and giving players a way to turn gameplay into funds for new items and games is a key component for moving that success forward."
Items purchased are subject to transaction fees, please see FAQ for more www.steamcommunity.com/market/faq.
14 Comments on Steam Community Market Now In Beta
But still, Valve is always adding features, experimenting, and willing to listen to their community so I'm sure many of us welcome their innovation to their wonderful platform.
When i first read it i thought a lot of stuff like hats and whatnot, but i could see how they wouldn't really warrant a value for steam money to purchase other things. bummer as i don't believe i have any of those 3 items
Yes, yesterday Ravi Shankar died, and there are still hippies* on this planet! (*generic reference to people with other priorities)
Just joking, but not absolutely... BTW, do I have items to sell? What are items? Damn amnesia....
I know it's only limited to in game items right now, but it would be sweet if Valve allowed people to sell games they don't play or want anymore, even if it's only for Steam Wallet funds, which would obviously go right back into the Steam ecosystem in the form of new games purchased and whatnot.
I have lots of them but have no idea about this whole item thing. I don't really like the movement physics of the Source engine, so i rarely play tf2 and even when I do, I just use the default outfit whatever that means.:)