The hilarious thing is, according to Valve, MC won’t even communicate directly with them.
You have one job.
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mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Monster96@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Sure thing…jackass…
ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
Could they accept crypto? I can pay for my shady IPTV service with it, so why not games too? There’s gotta be a way around this.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 hours ago
Steam gift cards can be paid in cash
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 hours ago
Wouldn’t solve the problem.
If Steam republished all its now censored games, and magically developed and implemented a world class crypto payment system overnight…
Then Steam is still in breach of MC/Visas terms, and MC and Visa drop them, and now everyone has no choice other than to use GabeBucks or w/e to purchase Steam games with.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
Gabebucks
They sell them at gamestop and best buy.
Lucky_777@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
They could easily accept crypto. The problem is paying devs and staff. You have to pay them with dollars or their native currency.
If crypto was mass adopted, this is the ultimate answer and would put them out of business anyways.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 hours ago
They could easily accept crypto.
No, they could not, not easily.
The problem is paying devs and staff. You have to pay them with dollars or their native currency.
… Yes. These are… the main reasons why this is not easy.
You’re basically either running your own FOREX exhange, which is costly, complicated, expensive and intensive…
Or you are holding a significant chunk of your operating budget in… one, many, all cryptos? Which is extremely financially risky…
Or, you’re paying people directly in crypto, which ironically, probably a vast majority of people and entities that publish on Steam would quit the platform if that was mandated… kinda like how MC+Visa making a unilateral decision forced Steam to ban a bunch of games.
…
You’re doing magical thinking.
Stop that.
pennomi@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
burgerchurgarr@lemmus.org 13 hours ago
Stablecoins already solve that. Not very trustworthy because they could in theory do the same but as a temporary solution should work.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
Crypto is volatile, any volatile currency is not a good currency to be used, as most people will either hoard it or trade it. Alternatively people can use steam wallet.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
DAI is pegged to the US dollar
bobo1900@startrek.website 8 hours ago
10 or so years ago, Steam accepted payments in Bitcoin, for some reason they stopped, so they certinaly can do that but chose not to.
Also, 99% of people would not use it so wouldn’t change much.
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
The fact I can hear their exact voices saying this says something.
SoupBrick@pawb.social 17 hours ago
If anybody is bored:
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