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We learned just how small Valve really is this year, but also how good it is at raking in the cash: It's making more money per employee than Apple (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] index 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, no.

There are multiple comments in the thread that point out the gambling problem including the top comment.

I hate microtransactions of all kinds

With you putting so much effort in defending a company that makes billions off microtransactions and promotes gambling to kids it sounds like you love them.

but Valve is by far nowhere near the worst offender here.

Your comparison should be lemmy and open source platforms not other companies like valve.

CS:2 are both rated M in the US, and 18+ in the EU

Do you really want me to believe there aren't kids below 18 playing CS in europe? Steam collects your data https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/steam they are fully aware of the actual age of their users and ignore it in the name of profits to allow it's ceo buy mega yachts.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

With you putting so much effort in defending a company that makes billions off microtransactions and promotes gambling to kids it sounds like you love them.

That's a non sequitur. Correcting misinformation does not imply agreement with all policies of the company I'm correcting misinformation about.

Your comparison should be lemmy and open source platforms not other companies like valve.

Why? That's not a fair comparison, because they're in completely different markets.

Do you really want me to believe there aren’t kids below 18 playing CS in europe

No, I want you to understand that the rating is part of marketing. A rating of ESRB M or PEGI 18 means the intended audience is adults. If parents let their kids play those games, they are responsible, not the publisher or developer of the game.

they are fully aware of the actual age of their users

Not true. I've never told Steam my real age, they just know I have access to a credit card and claim to be somewhere between 18 and 100, and probably born on Jan 1. I lie because its none of their business how old I am, I'm old enough to view whatever they have on their website. My account is <18yo, so that won't help as well.

I fully appreciate that kids can do this as well. But parents should be aware of what their kids are playing, that's just basic parenting. And the marketing should give them enough pause to look into it a bit more.

I don't blame Valve here, the marketing is accurate for their target audience: adults. I still don't like loot boxes, but adults should 100% be allowed to make stupid decisions. I blame other companies that actually market their MTX-ridden crap to kids, like EGS with Fortnite, which makes me utterly sick so I've completely banned Fortnite in my house.