Whats the point with steam cards?

cosmetic addition - some games have added in-game rewards for the gaining level 5 foils, but ultimately it's pointless as of right now.

they're nice. You can level up your steam acc

The firts person to collect them all will be granted with the night of hot and nasty love with GabeN.

there's no point, they're just another useless shit like achievements. that's all.

Taxes via market ;)

I want them badly because after I get them, then I can sell them for a quick buck ;)

Its a trend made by valve 2 push their sales... guess what: Worked out perfectly ..... Hail to the GABEN !!

Valve makes money, that's the point.

People collect them for the emoticons, profile backgrounds, to get higher drop chance for booster packs, more showcases or just to get a higher level than their friends and other people can earn money out of them. Whats not to like? xD

sell them. free money? and before you scoff, many of us have made more than enough to buy a fair few games on sale.

I used to collect trading cards when I was a kid. Everything from sports cards to Powerpuff Girls to Duel Masters to cards from Disney movies. EVERYTHING. Steam kinda feeds into that urge that I used to have when I was a younger collector, plus they're digital so it ties into the rest of my digital life stuff. Also, trading cards with people in person fucking suuuuuuucked

Not to mention if there's ever a sale on a game that I want, I can just put some cards up on the market & get more money back than what I payed for the cards. & I truly believe they'll become more valuable overall once they've been out for a while/games start getting different series' of cards & all the older ones get crafted into badges

I think the main reason is to level up their steam accounts (via crafting game badges). For every 10 levels, starting from level 1 you are awarded with a profile "showcase", such as achievement showcase and game showcase. Things like item showcase are beneficial for traders (I'm referring to Team Fortress 2 and Dota2 trading in general), and the other showcases serve as decorations or to boast your wealth or accomplishments etc. etc.

Other than that, the cards does kind of give you a sense of satisfaction when you have a little badge for each game you own or the games you really enjoy playing (those who used to collect or are still collecting trading cards will know this)

Not to mention, as Fidel above me has stated, you can sell them in urgent times to get quick steam wallet funds to purchase games, though cards don't fetch that much (with the exception of foils of course)

That's just my opinion

in my opinion cards are useless, but some people seem to value them, so i have traded all my cards for games

Huehuehue

shut up and sell 'em to the rich!!!

Larger income for Valve.

What's the point with life?

1. idle in games and get cards

2. sell cards on market

3. buy tf2 keys

4. goto 1. until you have enough keys to trade them for a game you want

5. ???

6. profit

I want cards to trade them for metal and after for tf2 keys, to get free games :D

To make fools buy games hoping they can get some cards either for brownie points or to sell them for a couple cents.

E-Peen.

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To spend 55€ on rome II and then get back 1€ when you sell them.