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[–] 31 points 1 year ago* (16 children)

I don't want to defend them too much but honestly out of all the loot boxes out there theirs is the least bad. You can even just sell the boxes you get for free by playing and buy shit (on Steam) with the money.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    This, I bought a Triple A title once with money from drops without never interacting with this shit. I would play anyway but I got "paid" while playing. It's a marketing tactic and we need to be aware of this, some people will see the opportunity to "make money" playing and will invest a shit ton of cash to maybe drop a rare item but if you don't do that you just getting a little bit of money to buy games with.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (14 children)

    Selling is the problem, it makes it actual gambling.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    No, being able to find items for free and sell them is not the problem or what makes it gambling

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    “First one’s free”

    As in you get infinitely more by buying than you are given for free (hence why people buy them) is always the sign of a well intentioned business.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Not really, you need to spend money to open a crate but you can sell a crate for free. So any rational person would sell their crates for guaranteed money instead of buying a key to probably lose money.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Selling is not gambling. It's kind of the opposite of gambling.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Is valve buying the boxes and destroying them?

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    If valve isn't buying them and destroying them, then where are they going and why?

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