Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics?
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 months agoWasn’t CS/TF2 far more influential in the lootbox department?
Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics?
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 months agoWasn’t CS/TF2 far more influential in the lootbox department?
pyre@lemmy.world 3 months ago
i don’t think they were as influential no. overwatch loot boxes were not only a monetization venue but also the main leveling system. whether you paid or not you always played toward a loot box. and it opened the floodgates to this form of monetization to be a standard.