Well not how much you’ve spent, how much it values your collection. But what’s that number based on?
Please re-read the article.
njm1314@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Well not how much you’ve spent, how much it values your collection. But what’s that number based on? I’ve only bought one full price game in my entire life on Steam. And it was one of my biggest regrets so I’m not doing that again. So right there all the sale prices I’m paying aren’t being calculated right? Then there’s the case of free games and humble bundles, back when they were awesome. Hell probably a third to half of the games I have in my Steam account either came from Humble bundles or free giveaways.
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Anarch157a@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
SteamDB gives you a valuation based on full price. The article describes an entry on Steam’s Help page that gives you an accurate number of how much money you paid to Valve, including micro-transactions.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 4 days ago
That’s very unlikely, I couldn’t have spent so much money on steam. I’ve bought like 5 games on steam and not even at full price. The rest comes from grey zone shops/HB
Gibibit@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Maybe it also counts transactions from the Steam Market? I also found my TotalSpend hard to believe, but it’s also not like I’ve traded hundreds of dollars worth of items in the market.
The description of the support page notes that these values are used to determine some sort of limited user account status. It might not be intended to keep an accurate tally. I wouldn’t be surprised if these values are only available due to gdpr and accuracy of the description was not a priority when they set it up.
That or I’m huffing copium about my game expenses 😅
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 days ago
I’ve maybe sold an item or two for a few cents, nothing more