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Link: https://nitter.net/TeamFortressS2/status/1745157814295617767

Valve is generally supportive of mods (hell, a Portal 2 mod was just released a few days ago) but it seems like recreating Team Fortress 2 was pushing it... Really sad, honestly. I really hope Valve would just strike a deal with these devs and make it official rather than throw away the insane amount of effort they put into re-building TF2.

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[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 77 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Portal 2 isn't an ongoing live online multiplayer game with in game purchases.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 49 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Seeing the down votes I have to say this: He has a point here. TF2 is a F2P game that generates its revenue these days from marketplace and key transactions. If someone were to remake the entire game and it was allowed to release, it would most assuredly damage TF2's revenue. A mod for Portal 2 has more potential to generate revenue because anyone interested in the mod that doesn't currently own Portal 2, would have to buy the game.

At the end of the day, Valve is still a business. This news sucks for people who love playing games, but is entirely not unexpected.

[–] sosodev@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is it right to push more gambling based micro transactions in a game that lacks actual support?

If this were any other company people would be raging

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

If this were any other company people would be raging

If this were any other company, I'd be saying the same thing. Nintendo shuts down shit left and right; most of them are mods for games that the only way to use the mods is via emulation. And it's a lot easier to pirate a game for that than it is to dump one you own legitimately.

It's certainly within their right to protect their shit. The ethics and morality of what that shit happens to be is irrelevant to the copyright discussion.

Also: TF2 is still supported... It still receives regular updates. It had one on the 9th.

[–] sosodev@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Those “updates” are pitiful. As far as I understand the vast majority of update content is still being supplied by the community. The game is still flooded by hackers with no word on when that will be addressed if ever.