Do you see your Steam account age as meaningful — like a timestamp for when you started PC gaming — or is it just a badge you disregard?
I made my main Steam account in 2022 after switching over from Xbox, so for me it kind of marks the start of my PC era.
Interested to hear different perspectives.
Posted by slowtides
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Age is just a number i guess
I don’t know in general, but it helped me personally, since my Steam account has been around for almost two decades it helped me prove immediately that I was over 18.
Em dash. Clanker slop.
It’s a neat fact to know, but no one is checking or cares.
It’s really neat to look back on when you started gaming on PC. It might be silly, but it’s quite sentimental, in a strange way.
You forgot the 22.
It’s a little PNG square on your profile
Matters not
Mines 19 years old because I wanted to play half life 2 in 2007 on my shitty laptop at the time. Didn’t buy a gaming pc until 2018 though so HL2 was my only purchase from 2007—2018 lol.
https://preview.redd.it/zu97fn9xjkmg1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d0ef8572bd7ba922c25730e68ea446282ba5118
Timestamp, works as a default age verification or notation. It is also a very unique one, especially for us the old gamers.
I don’t really care. But it gives me an idea in what age range the player might be.
Doesn’t matter, no
Can’t really be a time stamp when I started PC gaming because steam only exist since 2003, I got into PC gaming with Starcraft 1 in 1998 but played casually before that, iirc settlers 1 + 2 were games I really liked as a kid on my moms win95 PC when I wasn’t playing smash bros or starfox64 or crash bandicoot
It’s just a badge nobody cares about
>like a timestamp for when you started PC gaming
I started that long before Steam existed…
No,it doesn’t matter. More older the account, more you realise you wasted lot of money on games which you never played.
Coming across someone that is ancient on Steam gives me more consideration that they are older and probably more passive as getting older slows people down a bit. I went from pretty fast action games to turn based since my aim has declined due to vision issues.
Not really much else matters I think.
no
It’s definitely not a stamp when I started gaming…
my account is old enough to vote and buy liquor but i still need to confirm my age
Can’t wait until my Steam profile is old enough to consent…
Personally i love showing patient to steam with this thing.
Amazing devs. Support. Community. All staff at valve doing their job better above any company and asking 0 for it.
it is good for showcases because the more 10 x 2s you got the more showcases ya can put
Turned 22 on steam this past January
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The only thing mine does is make me feel real old. 😢
i think its neat
No, because my account will be 22 this week and Steam still asks for my birthdate when viewing games on the store.