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Re:Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative ... by Melatonic on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @04:46PM (#48041569)
You could also argue loot crates are just the digital version of Pokémon card packs
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Re:Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative ... by perryprog on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @05:07PM (#48041852)
You could, but that doesn't make /either/ an acceptable to market towards kids.
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Re:Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative ... by georgeecollins on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @06:35PM (#48042806)
Yeah, because that would be like selling packs of baseball cards to kids with enticements like chewing gum, a practice that was outlawed in the United States in the 1950's.
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Re:Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative ... by wtetzner on Thursday May 07, 2026 @11:45AM (#48050805)
Was it outlawed in the 50s? I remember getting baseball cards with gum in the 90s...
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Re:Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative ... by wmeredith on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @05:09PM (#48041886)
Eh, Topps did in the 1950s and The American Tobacco company did it in 1909.
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