@believer258: @bisonhero: @rowr: You really can't see anything objectionable about the way valve has been handling their current business model? For some, the F2P system might be a kind of tip jar to support a game they love. This is not the way it was designed or the reason Valve seems so interested in F2P. No, the random loot, the marketplace and other clever features of Valve's games are geared towards bringing the worst out of certain people. In short, their games are designed to breed whales and that's why they make so much money.
The fact that the games are good doesn't make the whole thing ok. Great games, particularly great games that demand an high level of commitment only insure you spend more time in contact with the part of the game designed to create a need for meaningless crap. TF2, Dota 2 and CS all fall in that category. And as much as you might think you're not being manipulated, you are. It's not magic or jedi mind tricks, it's just exploiting basic human psychology.
But hey, I'm fine with people enjoying those games. I just hope the trend doesn't go farther than it already has. It already has taken too much away from games I actually want to play.
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