• TWeaK@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    TF2 wasn’t free to play when they started selling hats, IRC. It went free to play later on.

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      1 year ago

      You’re right, they went free-to-play in 2011 so the model was basically already proven at that point. They’re a big actor and a notorious example but probably not historically significant in the proliferation of the F2P concept.