Hi everybody..!! well this is only a doubt i have when see my value because dont understand so well..

i have 30$ value in my account but i have send 3 games that have greater value than this number...why..?? :P

12 years ago*

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Because they are bundle games? -.-'

12 years ago
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Because it's the standard punishment for people who don't read the FAQ. Sorry, it seems you got screwed.

12 years ago
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Show me where in the FAQ it talks about the reduced value.
Spoiler alert: It hasn't been updated yet.

12 years ago
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All bundled/ exploited games won't keep giving you full value.

12 years ago
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You give away 1$ stuff and expect to raise your contributor value up to 100$ or more?
Just be grateful for those 30$

12 years ago
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Yeh/..

12 years ago
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These games have been in a bundle and special rules apply to their contributor value.

The first 25$ of bundle games are counted as non-bundle. Value above that is only added to a maximum of 20% of your non-bundle contribution.
That means you can only reach a contribution of 30$ with bundle games alone (25$ + (20%*25$)).

Formula:

adjustedbundlevalue = bundlevalue - Min( bundlevalue , 25$ )
adjustednonbundlevalue = nonbundlevalue + Min( bundlevalue , 25$ )

contribution = adjustednonbundlevalue + Min( adjustedbundlevalue , adjustednonbundlevalue * 20% )

source

12 years ago
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I knew the basic idea but this is the only proper explanation I've seen. Thanks for that.

12 years ago
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Games which have been in bundles or otherwise made widely available at little or no cost are added to the bundle list. Games in this list will not add more than 20% (1/5) of your non-bundle contributions, disregarding the first $25. For more detailed information, see this thread.

12 years ago
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It's not like that anymore. Bundle games add their full price to your contributor value, but you can't have more than $30 from them.

12 years ago
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yeah! the support guy doesn't know about the rules facepalm

12 years ago
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wbarton is mostly correct (since he didn't mention that first $25 disregarded will actually count in the 20%). The reason why you see a lot of people stuck at $30 is because the first $25 in bundle contributions count as non-bundle so the 20% is applied to that, giving you $30.

This is the calculation to figure out your max contribution from bundles:
(NonBundleContribution * 0.2) + $30

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aaaa ok ok was only a question...relax pple!! :D all clear now..! :)
Thx Eaglebart for the information

12 years ago
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Closed 12 years ago by Xarliellon.