This is like saying Microsoft is an evil company because Overwatch has cosmetics. It's just one of their products.
Counterstrike doesn't define Valve. They do so much more than that, especially for those of us who don't even play CS. The lootboxes were something they added much later. It was originally just a Half-Life mod.
I don't think enough is made of this aspect of Valve. Who knows if it's accurate, but a report claimed they did $1 billion in Counter Strike cases last year.
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Valve, the gambling company?
Are you talking about lootboxes? That's only for one or two of their games, isn't it? Meanwhile Steam single handedly remade the PC gaming industry.
What difference does that make when the magnitude for one game was on the order of a billion cases?
This is like saying Microsoft is an evil company because Overwatch has cosmetics. It's just one of their products.
Counterstrike doesn't define Valve. They do so much more than that, especially for those of us who don't even play CS. The lootboxes were something they added much later. It was originally just a Half-Life mod.
I don't think enough is made of this aspect of Valve. Who knows if it's accurate, but a report claimed they did $1 billion in Counter Strike cases last year.
https://insider-gaming.com/valve-cs-cases-earnings/
And you have a skin that has sold for over $1 million now.
https://www.ign.com/articles/counter-strike-skin-sells-for-o...
Based on the first article, it's all cosmetic items, which I think matters a lot to the ethics.
Looks like rich companies tend to look respectable