Valve launches Steam Trading beta
Allows trading of in-game items and Gift games in Team Fortress 2, other games to follow
Valve has launched the Steam Trading Beta, a new system that allows users to trade Steam Gifts and in-game items.
The beta currently only applies to Team Fortress 2, but, according to a FAQ on Steam, " Portal 2 should be reasonably soon and we hope to have several third-party games in the next few months."
Along with in-game items, any game purchased in the Steam Store as a Gift, or received as an "Extra Copy", can be traded with other users. Only unopened Gift games will be accepted in the system.
A new checkout option has been introduced to the Steam Store that allows users to save a Gift for trading at the point of purchase.
The news follows Blizzard's introduction of an auction house in Diablo 3 that allows players to sell loot for real currency.
It seems logical to launch this actually, I've seen many people trade games for items (yes, virtual hats!) so this just cuts out the dodgey middle man. I hope this works out well for everyone involved.
Posted:A year ago