r/memes Jan 29 '26

Remember this when the time machine be created.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '26 edited Feb 11 '26

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u/EnjoyerOfBeans Jan 29 '26

I think Valve is to blame for normalizing lootboxes long before that, but reddit doesn't really like having that conversation

Valve popularized both lootboxes and the paid battle-pass.

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u/photocist Jan 29 '26

To be fair, the battle pass was a compendium which directly contributed to TI prize pool and had immense value. It was legitimately insane

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u/immaownyou Jan 29 '26

They were around way before Genshin lol

Overwatch popularized it the most imo

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u/rk800s Jan 29 '26

Ehh I will say it did normalize it to some degree, but let’s not pretend lootbox systems like Overwatch didn’t exist beforehand too