Valve, the master of microtransactions, has invented a new type of loot box that seems to get around regulations in some European countries.
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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.

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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.

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The way they are preserving the value is a form of fomo.

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