TF2 marketplace doing very well

Gerard · 24 Oct 2010 at 23:08

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/57687/Team-Fortress-2-Peer-To-Peer-Marketplace-Pays-Off-For-Some

Valve sends word that just weeks after launching the "Mann-Conomy" update for Team Fortress 2 the first five people that released content have already banked between $39,000 and $47,000 each. Payments actually got so large that Paypal cut Valve off, so they had to make other arrangements

Antar Bolaeisk · 24 Oct 2010 at 23:26

Really must finish off my heavy project.

kylew · 24 Oct 2010 at 23:53

PayPal cut them off? Good ol' paypal doing what they do best.

neoboy · 24 Oct 2010 at 23:54

Take it Valve take a healthy cut of that too?

Gerard · 25 Oct 2010 at 00:02

neoboy said:
Take it Valve take a healthy cut of that too?

Well theyre bound to get something, but that being said that much earning for some on the side custom content is pretty good. If it was ea or activision doing this you'd probably be lucky if they didn't charge you for hosting space on their servers, this making their cut larger.

nHook · 25 Oct 2010 at 00:06

Taking bets on how many people around the world is gonna flood valve with their terrible tf2 custom items?

Antar Bolaeisk · 25 Oct 2010 at 00:18

nHook said:
Taking bets on how many people around the world is gonna flood valve with their terrible tf2 custom items?

Valve decide what to add to the game from the contribute site I believe.

Invertigo · 25 Oct 2010 at 00:21

Jeeeez, nice way to get some cash eh!

marc1024 · 25 Oct 2010 at 07:28

soon everyone in the world will have tf2 then there earnings will go slightly down and paypal will demand more of them.

MikeHunt79 · 25 Oct 2010 at 11:09

Invertigo said:
Jeeeez, nice way to get some cash eh!

Not bad I guess. I wonder how much that works out in £/hour?