GentlemanJonIt would be good if this gets beyond the initial stages and some of the issues around game items and their real world value gets thrashed out in court. Most games companies take the stance that they have no individual value or worth and they're part of a service, not actual property. This has been coming for a while.
Couldn't a point be made about how much these items are worth in real world money, there's a lot of evidence to back up that it would be actual property.
- The dude in denmark being arrested for scamming someone.
- Being purchasable for real money in the market.
- None of the items actually being freely purchasable from release.
- Multiple people being able to make a living/businesses off said items, csgolounge, opskins etc.
Obviously there's loads more cases but to me it would be obvious that skins are more than just a part of the service, also Valve allowing bots for these companies kinda shows that they do support such a thing.