• I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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      1 day 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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        11 hours ago

        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…