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by whatshisface 1284 days ago
Valve made millions off of team fortress hats that made your hitbox larger. I don't see why so many people think cosmetics in games can't sell.
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This was after they sold the game at a fair price for many many years. The "freemium" play was I imagine, in part taken because sales flatlined.

I remember the transition. I kinda hated it, to be honest. Not because of the drops (they were introducing hats and loot well before this) but because the influx of players were...low quality

> I don't see why so many people think cosmetics in games can't sell.

Big difference between the cosmetics for an FPS and RTS. There aren't a lot of cosmetic options you could come up in an RTS.

I can think of a lot of different ones...