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Valve Is Ditching Battle Passes Since Most Players 'Never Buy' One(www.kotaku.com.au)

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RoxActually@lemmy.world
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Nice! A video game company listened to their consumers for once. Or at least listened to their spending habits. Hopefully more follow suit

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orangeJuiceBongo@lemmy.world
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“Spending habits”, exactly! They probably have other monetisation strategies lined up already. Hopefully it’s something also better for the users… (Can’t read the details right now, so I don’t know if that was mentioned)

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Difficult_Bit_1339@sh.itjust.works
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Being privately owned by a person who is a video game enthusiast really helps. Gabe already has ‘fuck you’ money and just wants to make video games and gadgets (and, apparently, deep sea submarines!).

If Valve is ever sold it’ll go the route of every other publicly traded company.

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SatouKazuma@lemmy.world
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Motherfucking bravo. Now let’s hope this trend dies off once and for all!

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hhkk9977@lemmy.world
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surely others would follow this decision, right?

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DeadwingSoda@kbin.social
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Darkwatch00 @lemmy.world
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And this is voting with your wallet. Keep it up everybody.

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SolOrion@sh.itjust.works
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Good on them. I’m getting very tired of every game having a battlepass- particularly games you already pay for.

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Darkrai@kbin.social
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Dota’s free to play at least. But yes, in games I paid 60 or more for, no battle pass please.

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michaelfone@lemmy.world
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I saw an ad for some new Crash Bandicoot game that was pushing a battle pass. I couldn’t help but thinking they’ve jumped the shark with this shit.

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