Valve Trolls Valentine’s Day With $100 Team Fortress 2 DLC

15 responses to “Valve Trolls Valentine’s Day With $100 Team Fortress 2 DLC”

1. 

   [Razor]

   February 15, 2012 at 3:36 pm

   If I had ridiculous income, I’d propose to all my friends.

   Hmm, that sounds sadder than I intended it…

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2. 

   Asuron

   February 15, 2012 at 4:23 pm

   Believe it or not I’ve had reports of 10 people at least buying this. 1000 dollars for essentially nothing to Valve.
   These guys are either pure geniuses or people just like wasting money

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   1. 

      Jupiter

      February 15, 2012 at 4:35 pm

      Only 10? Jump onto a server and you’ll get a notice every 5-10 minutes. It’s been happening all day long. Valve are raking it in.

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3. 

   LyndonL

   February 15, 2012 at 4:37 pm

   God damnit people STOP BUYING SHIT FROM MANN CO!!!!

   No wonder Valve isn’t putting development time into bringing out HL3, HL2EP3, L4D3 etc etc. Why waste money/resources on THAT when they essentially have the equivalent of an entire development company’s income coming in through the Mann Co Store!!! :@

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   1. 

      Khuntza

      February 15, 2012 at 9:37 pm

      Implying that everyone at Valve is focused on TF2.. a likely story.

      Really, TF2 is free now and even before that it was only $20 odd.. for the amount of time people have, and continue to, put into playing the game makes it pretty hard to argue against the validity of the Mann Co store.

      No one is forced to buy the junk from there. I would have spent about $50 in the store in my TF2 days, and for the 1500 hours I spent with the game its easily justified.

      The infrastructure is there, so adding a model of a diamond ring is probably only a few hrs work for one person. Also, nearly all the new content being added to the game now is community made.

      You should be embracing the store because Valve is making a tonne of money that they can then use to invest in HL3 and other new IP.

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      1. 

         LyndonL

         February 15, 2012 at 11:05 pm

         No, I’m saying that Valve has no reason to make other games when they make so much money off of Mann Co.

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         1. 

            Contra

            February 16, 2012 at 3:34 am

            That’s not how companies work, for a company to last a while, it must invest any obtained revenue into future sources of revenue, therefore most of the mann co store money needs to go to future projects for Valve to be financially viable.

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4. 

   Cats

   February 15, 2012 at 4:52 pm

   At least their hilariousness honest. It’s the “buy this insane thing… WE DARE YOU” not “Buy this because we honestly think it’s a good idea and necessary”

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   1. 

      Aaron

      February 15, 2012 at 7:19 pm

      Did you read the supplied post on the TF website? I get the feeling they’re actually seriously marketing this. Yes, they admitted it’s useless, but judging by the language of the post they’re certainly not saying “You don’t need this, you’re an idiot for buying this”.

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5. 

   Lachlan

   February 15, 2012 at 5:13 pm

   People are buying it now so that they can sell it later when the value skyrockets.

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6. 

   nick

   February 15, 2012 at 5:20 pm

   If they weren’t so charming about it I would hate their guts.

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7. 

   Supreme

   February 15, 2012 at 6:25 pm

   Those guys @ Valve are some of the smartest with how they get Redic Income.

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8. 

   kevin

   February 15, 2012 at 6:46 pm

   there are no female models in this game.
   in everyone’s eyes, you’re proposing to other men

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   1. 

      Bokonon

      February 16, 2012 at 12:12 am

      You forgot the Pyro, she’s hot once you remove the fire-proof suit!

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   2. 

      matt30822

      February 16, 2012 at 12:40 am

      So the ACL is putting up a post tomorrow about how this game promotes homosexuality and should be banned and valve should be closed down right?

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