Are we really talking about ingame items as serious investment as being something to be protected, to make billionarie's sons also feel rich in games, too? Giving the m more places to feel better than the average person? Whoever spends 1000$ on an ingame item should really consider charity as a way to feel better. I don't care about "entepreneurs" who think that licenses on ingame items is a legit thing. I hope they suffer the losses and at least have the decency to just shut up.
It's all one big power game. This move is very good for some people and very bad for others. No doubt the people it's good for have connections at Valve HQ. Valve did willingly foster this whole gambling market thing to make money; now they've apparently decided they can make more money by crashing it.
Currencies, stocks, cryptocurrencies, land, and expensive art are all similar games
I stopped caring about Valve a long time ago. I care about the people whonread this stuff and think it's nice to be able to buy a cosmetic item for 1000$ as an investment.
It’s interesting that Valve can be ridiculed for both fostering the gambling market AND dismantling it. By no means am I picking a side of this fight, but I think Valve wants to stay off the radar of the gov and keep printing money. The reason they were called to Congress in the first place was a misnomer IMO, but maybe Gabe said “I don’t want to get called there again y’all”
Are we really talking about ingame items as serious investment as being something to be protected, to make billionarie's sons also feel rich in games, too? Giving the m more places to feel better than the average person? Whoever spends 1000$ on an ingame item should really consider charity as a way to feel better. I don't care about "entepreneurs" who think that licenses on ingame items is a legit thing. I hope they suffer the losses and at least have the decency to just shut up.
It's all one big power game. This move is very good for some people and very bad for others. No doubt the people it's good for have connections at Valve HQ. Valve did willingly foster this whole gambling market thing to make money; now they've apparently decided they can make more money by crashing it.
Currencies, stocks, cryptocurrencies, land, and expensive art are all similar games
I stopped caring about Valve a long time ago. I care about the people whonread this stuff and think it's nice to be able to buy a cosmetic item for 1000$ as an investment.
It’s interesting that Valve can be ridiculed for both fostering the gambling market AND dismantling it. By no means am I picking a side of this fight, but I think Valve wants to stay off the radar of the gov and keep printing money. The reason they were called to Congress in the first place was a misnomer IMO, but maybe Gabe said “I don’t want to get called there again y’all”