Team Fortress 2 is now free!



I don't mind a bit of TF2 now and then for some mindless distraction, but making it free will just mean they flood it with noob kids that are to cheap/broke to buy it, and the game play will go to shit.

Must mean they are getting ready to announce/release TF3 and want to increase the player base.
 
Doesn't TF2 have some extra content that is purchasable? My bet is that steam is just trying out this business model to see how well it scales and what type of revenue per user they can expect and whether they end up ahead or behind compared to regular sales.

That's why steam is the dominate marketplace, bitches always be testin'.
 
They probably aren't going to make much more money off of actual purchases, but if they let the floodgates open all the new players are gonna spend $$$ on hats. lol
 
yeah now im just going to use hax and piss people off all day and every time i get banned from a popular server ill just come back on a new account with free TF2. myg0t 4 lyfe
 
More companies should do shit like this. Then again Valve can do pretty much whatever they want with all the cash from Steam. Just do Half Life ep3 fuckers.