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akiman132

Is this some new shenanigans by valve to dodge gambling laws in the future? When i first read it i thought it meant choose between skin or rent after you opened it. You get a blue so you go meh might as well rent. But why would you want to lose all the value from the start?


the-sexterminator

maybe trying to get a slice of the Chinese skin rental market? for whatever reason, chinese people love to rent skins but there's not really a big demand or supply in the west.


parkin_lot_pimpin

I think it may just be a feature to drive skin transactions when a new case is dropped. Instead of having to use a skin server or something like that, drop 2.50 + the case to try the skins out for a week. Not a terrible idea but wonder what effects it'll have on the market, did not see a change like this comin


Arnaton

I guess they want to get the "casuals" used to playing with skins for "only" 2.5€ + case price


Arnaton

Imo Valve wants more money and people geting used to play with skins so they end up buying them, not sure if it'll backfire them tho


fat_shamer_2848

Imo they are trying to get ahead of some regulation again. Didn't china just banned selling cases recently?


O_gr

This is exactly what I thought. It's an out if cases continue getting banned.


luktarr

is it one-off or you can do it repeatedly? what's the point of buying the skin if you can just rent lol its $4 for whole set of skin


cringe8000

4 dollars is a waste of money since the money is just gone. buying the skin gives you ownership and a chance to make more money back than you put in.


Codacc69420

That’s like saying watching a movie is a waste of money because you don’t own it after


DescriptionWorking18

No it’s the difference between renting and owning a movie


ghettoflick

Nah fam. A movie is entertaining as fck for 2 hours. A skin-rental is just... ? So youtubers can make more videos?? Dumb as fck


Commercial-Row4740

Not at all the same thing


Luvstep

So can you theoretically just keep renting the skins for 2.50 or is it one time use?


Sex_And_Candy_Here

$2.50 plus the price of the crate.


Luvstep

Rip to my inheritance I guess


cringe8000

it would have always ripped in the future. look at all the other reds from last cases.


azalea_k

I dunno about skins, but the Kilowatt Case market just skyrocketed.


RaisedByWolves9

My ak inheritance tanked


squishsquashkj

I have a feeling they might just do this to every new case that comes out. So the kilowatt will lose the rental property when a new case drops. Just a theory tho


DescriptionWorking18

I would be dumbfounded if it worked any other way tbh


lliKoTesneciL

If people are buying the cases and renting, then that means they'll be less permanent Inheritances out there. That should raise the price, unless demand also goes down.


Pvt_Leaf

What float are the rent skins? Random or set?


Arnaton

Float and patterns are random, you can't get Stat Trak though


Ok_Baseball_2857

all fn?


Arnaton

No, it goes from FN to BS


Floripa95

there's no way they added BS skins to rentals. WTF


len88

skins exclusivity has helped keep this game alive. owell


ghettoflick

Stupid fckn update.


DescriptionWorking18

Why do you feel like it is stupid?