Valve has moved to dismiss the New York Attorney General’s lawsuit against the company, which claims loot boxes in its games such as Counter-Strike 2 promote illegal gambling and threaten to addict children.
They’ve had lootboxes for-fucking-ever, they practically started the trend of gambling for video game skins, it’s not only characteristic but integral to the corporation
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They’ve had lootboxes for-fucking-ever, they practically started the trend of gambling for video game skins, it’s not only characteristic but integral to the corporation
gambling is on point, the “openly defending it” part isn’t, at least to me