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misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days ago

Valve conquered PC gaming. What comes next?

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Valve conquered PC gaming. What comes next?

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misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days ago
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Peering inside one of the tech world’s strangest companies

Archive: https://archive.is/2025.07.04-040838/https://www.ft.com/content/f4a13716-838a-43da-853b-7c31ac17192c

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    If you are vulnerable to gambling via lootboxes you are not old enough to play CS. Their parents should be more.invested in their hobby their children spent 70% of the day on

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      TIL only children develop gambling addictions.

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        “Your honor, I may have run over that family while I was driving very, very drunk. But as my gambling addiction shows, I am a child, and therefore can not be tried as an adult! I rest my case!”

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      That’s exactly the kind of libertarian “personal responsibility” philosophy that Valve would use as an excuse to justify themselves. You don’t need to be carrying water for a multi billion dollar company, they can take care of that themselves. Unless you work for Valve. I don’t know, I’m sure it pays well.

      “Because make no mistake, Valve is an amazingly talented game industry icon. And they’ve also very intentionally crafted a highly addictive slot machine system… in a game that’s free to play that has no enforceable age limit.”

      (Interviewer) “Has gambling led to a greater interest in Counterstrike?” (Valve) “We don’t know. We don’t have any data to support that.”

      (CS Player) “I got a bunch of other kids to kick in $50. It was really fun when we won, and then it was all gone very quickly.” … (Ex-Valve employee) “It’s a very libertarian place. Valve doesn’t want to say what can and can’t happen on Steam.”

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