Valve, the master of microtransactions, has invented a new type of loot box that seems to get around regulations in some European countries.
  • apotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 day ago

    This is pretty disgusting. Just make a normal skin store where people can buy the skins they want at whatever price you(valve) decide they are valued at. No fomo. No gambling.

    • joshhsoj1902@lemmy.caEnglish
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      14 hours ago

      Isn’t that what they did? Except to help preserve the “value” if the rare items you still have to get lucky to be allowed to buy them.

      If they had a store where you could buy the ultra rare skins for 1000$, that would push down the “value” if the skins more quickly.