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| This is what I saw as soon as I opened Steam |
Just 10 minutes before writing this article, I opened my laptop, opened Steam, and was greeted with the Steam News Window. After skipping the random games that were on hot deals and new releases, I saw this update to the payment methods.
Now you can buy games from the world's largest PC games distributor using our (India's) local payment methods such as netbanking, PayTM, FreeCharge etc. But wait that's not just it, you can also buy games using the Cash On Delivery method! All of theses transactions are going to be handled by Nova Play. Previously, you could only pay using a credit card or from a PayPal account, both of which many Indian consumers did not have.
How does Cash On Delivery work for a digital good?
Well, its not exactly 'On Delivery' because you first have to add an game/DLC to your cart, choose COD as a payment option, give your home address, a person from Nova Play will come to your place to collect the cash. You will then receive the game/DLC in your library within 72 hours and will also be notified by e-mail for the same. Just one small reminder: you can't use old, scrapped notes like the 500 or 1000 to pay for your games.
The new payment options seem to be a test feature and are still under review because I tried to set PayTM as a payment method on my Steam account and this is the message i got:
