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I read it differently. I think Valve wants to hold off on the free-to-play announcement so that it has the biggest impact. Making TF2 (their game that they call
by rictic 15y ago
I read it differently. I think Valve wants to hold off on the free-to-play announcement so that it has the biggest impact. Making TF2 (their game that they call their testing ground for new ideas) free to play with an item store seemed to me to be a fairly obvious telegraph of their Dota 2 plans.
- corin_ 15y agoEven if that's the case, my point still stands: it's not that they prioritise making a good game over thinking about monetization, and anyone who thinks they do is way too gullible.
- rictic 15y agoCounterpoint: The Orange Box. It's quite possible that it's made them more money in the long run since it introduced many people to Portal and TF2 than may have played otherwise. However it's hard to imagine that there was a strong profit-maximization argument back in 2007 for bundling five top tier games (three of which at launch) for $50. I just don't see it.