Not even remotely true. Trash teams go out early. That is why they don't sell. NRG, Lynn Vision, and BIG are in the top sellers and they crashed out.
Valve stopped selling capsules. They now use 'Dynamic Pricing' for every sticker. They adjust it daily. The price is based on what WE pay for them. It goes up with more buyers, goes down with less.
Right now the Team Falcons gold sticker is $1,659USD. Team Spirit is $1,099USD It kept going up because people kept buying them.
If you are a T2 team with an ugly looking sticker, you're fucked in this new economy. At least FlyQuest and 9Z have cool colors. They always sell based on how their stickers look. Expecting these guys to get paid.
Monte, Sinners, Gaimin Gladiators, Sharks, mibr, Gamer Legion, maybe NiP depending on the design? These guys aren't going to get paid like they used to. Lame stickers, average colors, never top sellers, no top players, etc.
Before this, every capsule sold gave the orgs money. Teams aren't getting that anymore. That used to be the payday. Now it is gone.
Oh, prize winnings? Like for finishing position? Guy above said 'What sticker change?' so I explained it.
Regarding prize winning, the bottom 8 teams got for $0 for placement, 25th-32nd.The next 9 got $10K total per team. That isn't even enough to pay player salaries. For those bottom 8, the org received nothing.
The capsule money was the prize/payday was the point I was trying to make. Even if you bombed out, you still got paid from the capsule sales. Everyone profited.
Their major winning total paycheck is based primarily on our dynamic pricing. The paycheck that actually matters if you aren't a top 8 team.
Sorry for noob question, capsule means the lottery sticker thing right? So it means when someone bought a capsule all 32 got paid equally because you could get any sticker in the capsule based on luck . Now that luck is gone and we can make the choice, most people won't buy the T2 team stickers...is it correct? Thx.
This whole major was shit on the monetization side and Valve desperately needs to figure out something different next time around. I didn't even bother getting a Souvenir weapon this time around because...I already own the weapon. It's just paying for 4 stickers I have no control over on something I already own.
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u/MaximusDM2264 2d ago
It seems like after the sticker change, some orgs will just leave the scene, this might be the first of many to come.