"Just because you are big enough to build something doesn’t mean people will use it."

I did not realize they were trying to compete in the first place.

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I think people just ignore and don’t pay attention to them. Also valve is great at hiding them.

It’s no secret that a lot of their ventures are funded by child gambling addictions that valve has enabled

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I always forget about loot boxes tbh, because I don’t use them. But you’re totally right.

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Yeah me too since I don’t really play multiplayer games developed by valve anymore.

I will say though, to me it is a lot more than just loot boxes. These “in game” items have real world value which add to the risk reward factor that made them so addictive to me growing up

Valve hasn’t really done much to stop this issue

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I think reason Valve die hards don’t care about the loot box portion is because they are the type more likely to be using Valve to buy games so spend more of their time buying and playing individual games.

The ones most exposed to loot boxes seem to be the ones who are the type to only play 1 or 2 games, and are fully invested in live service titles and is a majority of their gaming time.

So likely very different demographics when it comes to type of games they play and what they spend. One leaning more towards in game virtual goods than outright buying games. So it’s a group that can be completely unknown to game collectors.

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