• msspwn@lemmy.ml
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      2 days ago

      Valve has made games. Damn good ones at that.

      You know HALF-LIFE Counter Strike Portal Team Fortress 2

      and are the makers of the source engine powering Titanfall 1, 2, Apex and a lot more

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          2 days ago

          If you count only Valve’s own games’ sales, those earned nowhere as much as the steam market trade of TF2 hats and CS skins

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            Exactly, Valve’s success has been defined by the extent to which they have financialized their few games, stretched their IP, and used that as a games publisher. It’s because they’re a rentier with no games of their own any more that they are a virtual economy monopoly…