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zempd
March 21st, 2013, 05:18 AM
There was an accidental leak of the patch that is expected to hit tomorrow .. Inside of the patch the following information was seen and recorded.


STRINGS RELATED TO IN-GAME STORE
"StoreUpdate_Loading" "Loading the Store..."
"StoreUpdate_NoGCResponse" "The Store is currently closed."
"StoreUpdate_NewPriceSheetLoaded" "The product list has been updated to the latest version."
"StoreUpdate_ContactSupport" "Please contact customer support to have your Steam wallet configured."
"StoreUpdate_OverlayRequired" "You must enable the Steam Community in-game and restart the game to use the Store."
"StoreUpdate_SteamRequired" "A connection to Steam is required to use the Store."
"StoreCheckout_Fail" "The In-game Store is currently closed."
"StoreCheckout_InvalidParam" "A programmer messed up! An invalid parameter was passed to the game coordinator. Try the purchase again."
"StoreCheckout_InternalError" "There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance."
"StoreCheckout_ContactSupport" "There was an error with your transaction. Please contact support for assistance."
"StoreCheckout_NotApproved" "The game coordinator was unable to approve your transaction with Steam. Please try the purchase again later."
"StoreCheckout_NotLoggedin" "You must be logged in to Steam in order to complete a purchase."
"StoreCheckout_WrongCurrency" "This transaction's currency doesn't match your wallet currency."
"StoreCheckout_NoAccount" "Your Steam account is currently unavailable. Please try this purchase again later."
"StoreCheckout_InsufficientFunds" "You do not have enough funds to complete the purchase."
"StoreCheckout_TimedOut" "This transaction has timed out. Please try the purchase again."
"StoreCheckout_SteamAccountDisabled" "Your Steam account is disabled and cannot make a purchase."
"StoreCheckout_SteamAccountNoPurchase" "Steam wallet transactions have been disabled on this account."
"StoreCheckout_OldPriceSheet" "Your local product list is out of date. Requesting a new one."
"StoreCheckout_TransactionNotFound" "This transaction's id wasn't found by the game coordinator. Please try the purchase again."
"StoreCheckout_TransactionCanceled" "Transaction canceled. You have not been charged."
"StoreCheckout_TransactionCompleted" "Transaction completed! Enjoy!"
"StoreCheckout_CompleteButUnfinalized" "Unable to confirm success. If successful, your items will be delivered at a later date."
"StoreCheckout_NotEnoughRoom" "You don't have enough room in your backpack to buy that many items."
"StoreCheckout_ContactSupport_Dialog_Title" "Warning"
"StoreCheckout_ContactSupport_Dialog_Btn" "CONTACT"

The only reason for an in-game store that anybody could think of is because the game is going to go F2P, which has been rumored for a few weeks after a leak from the NiP Manager
Or ... you will be able to purchase maps from the store and play them on official Valve servers.

Deadfreak
March 21st, 2013, 05:22 AM
TF2 F2P worked well for them. MAC/Linux support is working well. The future of PC gaming is in F2P, so i don't see why not, smart business move.

zempd
March 21st, 2013, 05:24 AM
Honestly, a game like CS I see no reason for a store except buying maps or something .. which people will always find a way around because of dedicated servers ... Maybe this info is for something else and it really doesn't go F2P .. F2P killed TF2 imo.

Deadfreak
March 21st, 2013, 05:30 AM
Flairs flairs flairs. People can never have enough of them. You don't need maps, when you can buy gun parts or awesome looking helmets that look like a chicken, or some snowman thing for christmas etc. People love little things like that. Valve does a good job integrating flairs.

LARGE GAMER
March 21st, 2013, 05:30 AM
If CS:GO goes f2p and CSS remains p2p I wouldn't be surprised for CSS to regain some popularity..

zempd
March 21st, 2013, 05:32 AM
Eh, if CS:GO goes F2P it will die because of hacks .. I know 100% ill be hacking all the time and just make a new account if I get VACd .. If they make it so you have to be "premium" to play matchmaking, people will just buy the cheapest thing in the store and go hack on "premium" servers .. F2P sux :((