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'Valve does not get anywhere near enough criticism': DayZ creator Dean Hall says the 'gambling mechanics' of Valve's monetization strategy 'have absolutely no place' in videogames (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] workerONE@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Some good points. I can't remember where I saw this, but a game recently made their loot boxes randomly generate loot which was then shown to the player who had the choice of whether or not to open a box. This is much better than blindly opening boxes where you won't know whether or not you will want the item inside.

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