Team Fortress 2 petition calls for microtransaction boycott to put pressure on Valve
Team Fortress 2 petition calls for microtransaction boycott to put pressure on Valve
The Team Fortress 2 petition calling on Valve to end the aimbot crisis is now telling players to boycott all in-game microtransactions.
If you were still paying for microtransactions for a SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD GAME, congratulations, you played yourself.
I've managed to take part in this boycott ever since I stopped playing TF2 in 2008. It's not hard, and the fact that this even has to be suggested is pathetic.
How many games have microtransactions that disappear within a few years? Seems like team fortress 2 is the one place where you can buy an in-game item and still have access to it over a decade later. Not many games can say that.
TF2 didn't even have microtransactions until 2010, and it both pretty much invented them and let you trade/sell them (albeit for steam bucks), so there are definitely worse games you could be throwing money at.
I bought the Orange Box the day it came out, and when I stopped playing TF2 a decade ago I sold all my items (which I mostly got from buying other games that I would have bought anyway), and I ended up with more steam money than I had ever actually spent on TF2 directly.
TF2 didn’t even have microtransactions until 2010, and it both pretty much invented them
Many years ago, when I still read printed video game magazines, there was a story about microtransactions in Korean or Chinese games. I clearly remember how baffled I was after learning of that super weird and stupid concept.
If this works, I imagine Valve will just pull the plug.