Intriguing… I’ll say, clearly most people don’t use the platform that way. But to those who do engage with Steam that much, folks like CS2 case addicts, I can certainly see it. Stuff like cosmetically building out a profile, making sure you have an impressive inventory, the freebies they always give out during sales and events… yeah. It’s reminiscent of endgame MMO behaviour, when you’ve beaten all the content and just run around looking for rare stuff to show off to your guild.
Intriguing… I’ll say, clearly most people don’t use the platform that way. But to those who do engage with Steam that much, folks like CS2 case addicts, I can certainly see it. Stuff like cosmetically building out a profile, making sure you have an impressive inventory, the freebies they always give out during sales and events… yeah. It’s reminiscent of endgame MMO behaviour, when you’ve beaten all the content and just run around looking for rare stuff to show off to your guild.
even look at tf2 addicts that don’t spend money but instead trade the free stuff the game gives you