nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoWe learned just how small Valve really is this year, but also how good it is at raking in the cash: It's making more money per employee than Applewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square239fedilinkarrow-up1499arrow-down18
arrow-up1491arrow-down1external-linkWe learned just how small Valve really is this year, but also how good it is at raking in the cash: It's making more money per employee than Applewww.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square239fedilink
minus-squaresteeznson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 month agoThe government need to get involved and relegate MTX. I agree they are responsible for hosting the platform and developing the systems in the case of CS skins. It’s ugly but Valve are behaving as a rational business actor in this scenario.
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoWith Trump in office soon you can forget about regulation. And in any case, it’s tech-adjacent so legislators have zero idea how any of this works.
minus-squaresteeznson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThe EU and Australia seem to be inching towards serious legislation relating to MTX. Hopefully they can serve as an example.
The government need to get involved and relegate MTX. I agree they are responsible for hosting the platform and developing the systems in the case of CS skins. It’s ugly but Valve are behaving as a rational business actor in this scenario.
With Trump in office soon you can forget about regulation.
And in any case, it’s tech-adjacent so legislators have zero idea how any of this works.
The EU and Australia seem to be inching towards serious legislation relating to MTX. Hopefully they can serve as an example.