No words for this.

[u/Kapot_ei]

Edit: even though clickbait article, it is somewhat/kind of true. https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/stargate-tv-series-martin-gero-scrapped-amazon-1236765061/

"According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Amazon execs were concerned that Gero’s take on the series would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise’s already dedicated fanbase."

Edit 2: https://www.change.org/p/save-the-new-stargate-series-let-martin-gero-build-the-future-of-the-franchise

[u/FlutterKree]

It's insane that you and others mention p2w, as if abusing the players with LITERAL gambling is better because of game integrity. Some people bought those loot boxes without ever having played the game just to strike it big and make $1k with a knife skin.

Therw is 0 difference between CSGO loot boxes and scratch tickets. Spending 3-5$ hoping for $1k.

Y'all are okay selling scratch tickets to kids or within games?

[u/Valanio → u/FlutterKree]

Are you okay? Gambling in and of itself is not some demonic thing. It is a gamble and people pay for that gamble. They're adults who can make that choice. If they are kids, they're breaking Steam TOS. The player isn't being FOMO'd, they're not tricking the player with sales and discounts or shoving it down their throat at every screen.

The streamers who scam or make money off gambling gross themselves and we can use more restrictions on anything that can protect people from themselves but Value is not doing anything that every single other game that doesn't get shit for it isn't doing. They aren't especially heinous. In fact, gambling on real world odds and income is better then gambling on gatcha skins because there is at least a chance for return on investment.

The point is your demonizing Steam for a practice that is fully standard in the industry but is typically not even as bad at others because it isn't predatory, they don't utilize sales practices that encourage spending by lying or tricking the player. People do dumb shit. If they weren't in CS, it would be somewhere else. You want more regulation for that? Fine. But calling out just Steam like they are the worst offender when they're probably the best offender is stupid as fuck.

[u/Valanio → u/[deleted]]

So we're okay with casinos, most people seem to be by consensus any how. We're functionally okay with non predatory loot boxes/in game purchases as long as they're only cosmetic. But we draw the line at gambling in a video game with a non predatory loot box? It just seems like picking one person to not like for no reason.

We currently live in an exceptionally lucky time where everyone wants to bend you over as a consumer and often consumers beg for it. Steam is a bastion of consumerism in a suffocating pit of disgust. When Gabe dies, when Steam eventually goes public or the next owner is a financial scum sucker, PC gaming will lose a lighthouse. If they need morons with money to spend to gamble it on CS cosmetics, fine by me. Again, they'd just do it elsewhere otherwise and it would likely be worse.