All good things must come to an end, not necessarily due to the natural course of things, but due to total assholes roaming the world and ruining the fun for the rest of us. Now, due to scammers increasingly using physical Steam gift cards for their nefarious deeds, Valve is going to kill them off altogether.
This is according to SteamDB on X, which spotted a new clause on Valve’s Steam Wallet explanation page where the company officially announced the end of physical Steam gift cards due to scammers adapting to every restriction the company put into place to protect its own customers, as well as unassuming victims of scams.
“We introduced Steam Gift Cards to retail stores back in 2012 and added the digital program in 2017. Unfortunately, scammers use gift cards from major brands like Steam to take advantage of all people all over the world,” Valve wrote.
