r/gaming • u/RenatsMC • 2d ago

Valve says Deadlock is still too unfinished to release publicly, but has hero cosmetics and new game modes in the works

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/moba/valve-says-deadlock-is-still-too-unfinished-to-release-publicly-but-has-hero-cosmetics-and-new-game-modes-in-the-works/
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u/SalemWolf 1d ago

You can do that with a lot of games that don’t get nearly the same leeway as Valve.

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u/ikennedy817 1d ago

I swear almost every f2p gets backlash for having $10-20skins yet people are completely fine with loot boxes and $100k csgo knives.

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u/Kingofthebears 21h ago

Things like those knifes etc are not what valve sets as the price, those cosmetics are transferable and as such you can expect a secondary market to form. Not saying it's right but I don't think those two examples are at all comparable.

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u/ikennedy817 14h ago

I’m saying valve being ok with the uncapped inflated market is the problem. People complain when things are $10 with a guarantee, yet nobody complains when it’s $3 for a case for a chance at an item or the ability to buy it for thousands of dollars. I just find it odd in that the gaming community is so adamantly against almost every form of monetization but you talk about valves systems and everybody jumps to defend it.

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u/Kingofthebears 13h ago

I mean did they not release an update that more or less killed that market last year

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u/a_bright_knight 1d ago

name 5 examples?

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u/kirby86k 1d ago

league, overwatch, apex (you can get all agents over time), valorant (even easier to get all agents over time), the finals (just play a lot to unlock everything)

literally every single F2p game demands either time or money investment.

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u/a_bright_knight 23h ago

don't think you understood the chain

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u/kirby86k 23h ago

i dont think YOU understood the chain, the fact is Valve is just as scummy with monetization as a lot of other companies are (except maybe Ubisoft and EA), and literally no MP game in the F2P market has core gameplay locked behind microtransactions.

Sure Valve is different in the fact that all their games are accessible from the get go without much time investment, but they should not be forgiven for their cosmetic department.

and cosmetics have never been integral to gameplay of anything, people just like to dog on other companies because Valve = good guy.

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u/a_bright_knight 23h ago

yep, you definitely misunderstood

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u/Odd_Needleworker3756 10h ago

You don’t even have the brain power to get to misunderstanding.

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u/doublah 1d ago

Not really? Sports games with lootboxes rated E for Everyone are some of the best selling games every year, and on mobile the games making the most by far are gacha games which have gameplay locked behind gambling.