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'People Enjoy Surprises' — Valve Is Trying to Dismiss New York's Counter-Strike Loot Box Lawsuit (www.ign.com)

submitted 5 months ago by iamthetot@piefed.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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[+] halfapage@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 5 months ago

This is their cash cow, so they'll defend it. Everything else they've done is to defend their cash cow.

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[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 3 points 5 months ago

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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[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca [S] 3 points 5 months ago

Is it not? Valve gets a lot of love but they are a corp at the end of the day. Their famous refund policy came about only because Australia made them.

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