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The State of New York's attorney general, Letitia James, has officially taken gaming giant, Valve, to court in a state court in Manhattan, alleging that the combination of games like Counter-Strike, Team Fortress, and Dota, wherein players can earn and use real money to buy loot boxes, and Steam's Community Market, where rare skins and items can be sold, often for exorbitant prices, amount to "quintessential gambling." There are reports of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive skins selling for as much as $2.5 million, with the game touted as having the biggest in-game economy of any video game. Valve previously adjusted the way it presented loot boxes and their rewards to players, seemingly specifically to avoid EU gambling regulations.

Case file: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/27417060/new-york-v-valve.pdf

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[–] AGD4@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

I'm sure the Corpo simps will rally in droves to defend their billionaire savior over this issue. Because Gabe can do no wrong.

If anyone hasn't already watched CoffeeZilla's exposé titled "Deception, Lies, and Valve", I encourage you to do so: https://youtu.be/13eiDhuvM6Y