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

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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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[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I haven't bought a single fucking skin/box key since I started playing csgo in like 2014 :-). I guess I'm a fucking weirdo or something

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

Me either, although a few years ago I sold some weapon skins and loot boxes that I received from playing CS Go when it first came out for enough Valve bucks or whatever to buy a couple of new games!

Loot boxes should not be in computer games.

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 2 points 9 months ago

This is the way.

[–] 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.

[–] thingsiplay@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

Last year after I showed off my brother the Steam Deck, he decided to sell most of his CS:GO skins and purchase with the money the Steam Deck (but 64gb model). It was one of his best decisions, because he was thinking of getting a cheap laptop to play simple games and do simple web browsing.

Now he is a Linux user. :> Gott'em!