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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by jimbob45 on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @03:23PM (#46139584)
To be fair, they may have just wrecked the CS lootbox economy permanently.
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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by ceedan on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @03:34PM (#46139746)
They need to keep wrecking it. Skins should just be fixed cost items.
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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by bigyabai on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @05:00PM (#46140788)
Disagreed. Games like Fortnite and League of Legends went down this road and ended up at even more unfathomable $500 microtransactions. The only issue with skin trading is that people will take it more seriously than it is, which is a problem with all cosmetic systems.
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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by ceedan on Friday December 05, 2025 @07:38PM (#46169326)
There are huge gambling cultures around skins. All kinds of theft and scamming. There is no "only issue". There are tons of issues
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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by internet101010 on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @05:22PM (#46141065)
Nah. Digital items should be transferable, similar to physical gacha like Pokemon cards.
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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by Qwertious on Thursday December 04, 2025 @01:32AM (#46144445)
That doesn't mean they should be reliable speculation vehicles. AFAIK Valve hasn't interfered with the gifting of digital items, only sales.
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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by SchemaLoad on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @05:20PM (#46141050)
It was getting out of control when tiktok "investment guides" were instructing people who don't even play the game to start buying CS skins to make a profit.
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