>So the way that we're currently thinking about it is that games really are part of a large economy and they're productivity platforms for goods and services.>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeYxKIDGh8IWhat did gaben mean by this?
I don't know Timmy, you tell me. Let me guess Gaben is bad desu
>>743245230what would make you think that something gaben said is bad?
s&box bros... im feeling pretty good all of the sudden
>>743245048this is the moment where he had an economist write up an economicy sounding explanation for why they were releasing a "community market" in which they would make fees on people passing around digital items for money, an activity which used to be done as an items-for-items cashless trade and justifying that to the world as protection against legal ramifications that were expected from doing something so craven at the expense of game players and developers.
>>743246854Now that's what I call the best customer service in the industry
Why is steam down
This interview is from 13 fucking years ago.
Roblox
>>743246854>activity which used to be done as an items-for-items cashless tradeThat's a lie. Black markets for currency and goods have always existed. Valve simply took everything under their control. And they weren't even the first to do so, even before the Steam Marketplace Diablo 3 had its own auction house that used real money. And don't even get me started on Korean and Chinese MMOs, they're literally the source of all the evil in video games.
>>743250605routine maintain - every Tuesday
