It was getting out of control when tiktok "investment guides" were instructing people who don't even play the game to start buying CS skins to make a profit.
Disagreed. Games like Fortnite and League of Legends went down this road and ended up at even more unfathomable $500 microtransactions. The only issue with skin trading is that people will take it more seriously than it is, which is a problem with all cosmetic systems.
It was getting out of control when tiktok "investment guides" were instructing people who don't even play the game to start buying CS skins to make a profit.
They need to keep wrecking it. Skins should just be fixed cost items.
Nah. Digital items should be transferable, similar to physical gacha like Pokemon cards.
That doesn't mean they should be reliable speculation vehicles. AFAIK Valve hasn't interfered with the gifting of digital items, only sales.
Disagreed. Games like Fortnite and League of Legends went down this road and ended up at even more unfathomable $500 microtransactions. The only issue with skin trading is that people will take it more seriously than it is, which is a problem with all cosmetic systems.