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Valve invents new Counter-Strike 2 loot boxes that successfully dodge anti-gambling regulations (www.pcgamesn.com)

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I guess. I'd rather not throw away my money, even if it's not tight. I wouldn't feel joy about a custom skin. Every time I saw it I would be reminded that I'd wasted money.

But that's me, not everyone.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'll spend like $30 on the weekend getting alcohol and take aways. These add no value to my life beyond the short time I spend consuming them. Spending $20 for a skin that I think looks cool for a gun I really like and often use is an easy choice in a game I got for free.

Its hard to explain for someone that doesnt play but its more than just a skin on a gun when you play competitive games you're expressing your skill as a player in front of an audience of people. Its a way for players to make the gun feel more like their own instead of just having everything look exactly the same. People are playing $80 to play a 1 time play AAA game so for f2p games with infinitely replayability spending some money on a skin isnt a big deal you're just paying devs for the game you love.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 minutes ago

when you play competitive games you’re expressing your skill as a player in front of an audience of people.

The first part of your post makes sense, even if I don't agree with it. But this part stands out- buying a skin isn't a skill question. It's just a wallet question.

Some games have stuff you can only earn via achievements or whatever. I could see being proud of, like, a skin you only get if you get 100 perfect whatevers in a row. But, like, just buying it? But I guess the audience has enough people who are impressed by that sort of thing.

spending some money on a skin isnt a big deal you’re just paying devs for the game you love.

Also not to be a negative nerd, but unless the company is very tiny the developers aren't getting much, maybe zero, of that money. Developers get a salary. Stock options, maybe. It's not like a tip jar. Profits typically go to the owners under capitalism, not the labor. "Buy skins to support the developers" might be indirectly true, in a limited sense, but it mostly feels like capitalist propaganda.