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Valve likely earned over $1bn in Counter-Strike 2 loot boxes last year (www.eurogamer.net)

submitted 9 months ago by mike591@kbin.social to c/gaming@kbin.social

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Valve likely made over $1bn last year from loot boxes in Counter-Strike 2. That's according to data from CS2 Case Track…

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[–] thingsiplay@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Loot boxes should not be in computer games.

As much as I like Valve, Valve is one of the major player bringing and normalizing Lootboxes into games. Even before the Lootboxes was a thing on smartphones, let alone before they arrived on other AAA games as well. I think this is the worst contribution of Valve to videogames. And this statement comes from someone who usually defends this company.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Same! I don't play CS 2 and pretty much forgot that they do the lootbox thing.