@[email protected] to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 23 hours agoSteam has the best UImidwest.socialimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1451arrow-down111cross-posted to: mildlyinfuriating
arrow-up1440arrow-down1imageSteam has the best UImidwest.social@[email protected] to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 23 hours agomessage-square78fedilinkcross-posted to: mildlyinfuriating
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-24 hours ago The first known instance of a loot-box system is believed to be an item called “Gachapon ticket” which was introduced in the Japanese version of MapleStory, a side-scrolling MMORPG, in June 2004. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loot_box#History Tf2 wasn’t released until 2007, and it didn’t ship with any unlocking let alone loot, the first unlockable items were added 2 years later in 2009: https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Item_timeline_in_2009
technically tf2 was the first loot box
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loot_box#History
Tf2 wasn’t released until 2007, and it didn’t ship with any unlocking let alone loot, the first unlockable items were added 2 years later in 2009: https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Item_timeline_in_2009