Padjakkels@lemmy.world to Team Fortress 2@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTeam Fortress 2's player count doubles after fan pressure sees Valve step in with a bot-demolishing banwave and a firm line on appeals: 'No'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1255arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoUgh, while I agree games have too much monetization nowadays, please don’t give TF2 a free pass. It paved the way for so much of what we see today.
minus-squareWxnzxn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days ago100% agree, that’s why I said “even more” aggressive monetisation. It’s only less in comparison now, but it did indeed do a lot of the work paving the way, although CS probably did even more when it comes to Valve properties.
Ugh, while I agree games have too much monetization nowadays, please don’t give TF2 a free pass. It paved the way for so much of what we see today.
100% agree, that’s why I said “even more” aggressive monetisation. It’s only less in comparison now, but it did indeed do a lot of the work paving the way, although CS probably did even more when it comes to Valve properties.