[OPLINTECH] [SEO-Members] Online gaming

[dwalsh at stclibrary.org]

We would like to purchase videogame access from Oculus and STEAM https://store.steampowered.com/ but neither one does tax exempt. I don’t think we can buy game codes cards for these vendors the way you did with XBox, Michael. Does any library have a suggestion for how to make purchases from vendors that don’t offer tax exempt purchasing? 

 

 

Best regards,

 

Doug Walsh, Director

St. Clairsville Public Library

108 W. Main St.

St. Clairsville, OH 43950

740-695-2062 ext. 612

dwalsh at stclibrary.org

 

 

 

From: SEO-Members <seo-members-bounces at lists.oplin.org> On Behalf Of Michael Thornton via SEO-Members
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Tyson.

 

ACDL has recently started subscribing to gamepass for our XBox Series X consoles. For us it was a simple way to maximize the consoles quickly. We're buying the subscriptions via the game codes purchased at Walmart, as that's the only way we can get it tax free. We have a subscription for each console so no cross building coordination is necessary and to facilitate players in one building playing with the other. We don't currently see a lot of that, BUT we haven't had it for long and didn't want to close the door on the possibility regardless. Our consoles in Geneva get the most use and there it has been quite successful. We're trying to get the word out. I'm told it's a big selling point when the kids are made aware.





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On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 9:16 AM Tyson Horton via SEO-Members <seo-members at lists.oplin.org <mailto:seo-members at lists.oplin.org> > wrote:

Does anyone out there use/subscribe to any of the online gaming platforms for gaming in your libraries? We're looking to start some gaming nights and are going to be using all the gaming consoles, but would also like to have a computer based option for those that are more into that. We are in the process of setting up a new computer lab and I want to set it up to allow our youth that come in regularly to be able to play more than Minecraft and Roblox. Essentially, I'm just looking for info right now. Like what are you using and what does your setup look like? If you do subscribe to these services, are you able to use one account on all computers, or do you need multiple accounts for each computer? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Tyson

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