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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 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.