alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoValve invents new Counter-Strike 2 loot boxes that successfully dodge anti-gambling regulationswww.pcgamesn.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down14
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minus-squarejoshhsoj1902@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIsn’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$, that would push down the “value” if the skins more quickly.
minus-squareapotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThe way they are preserving the value is a form of fomo.
Isn’t that what they did? Except to help preserve the “value” if the rare items you still have to get lucky to be allowed to buy them.
If they had a store where you could buy the ultra rare skins for 1000$, that would push down the “value” if the skins more quickly.
The way they are preserving the value is a form of fomo.