Team Fortress 2 store claims $2 million in user profits
Creators reportedly created total profits of $2,000,000 over the past year
Valve has announced the first annual "Manniversary Update and Sale" celebrating the fourth year of TF2, the first full year of the in-game "Mann Co. Store" and $2 mil earned by community item creators.
One year ago, Valve introduced the "Mann Co. Store" to TF2 which allows community members to design, buy, sell and trade items wearable by the game's characters. During the past year, community item-creators have made over $2,000,000 selling their digital creations through the Mann Co. Store.
"The 'Mann Co. Store' represents an important new direction for games and game makers," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. "By leveraging and extending the platform features of Steam, Team Fortress 2 has enabled a viable marketplace for independent content creators and significantly extended the gameplay experience in an incredibly short amount of time."
The Manniversary Update includes several new features, including Steam Workshop, an improved item submission system that allows community item-creators to test, share and track the status of their creations. The entire TF2 community will also be allowed to participate by browsing, rating and offering feedback on all submitted items.
The Update will also ship 30 new hats and cosmetic items, an item decal system, weeklong "try before you buy" item tryouts, loadout presets, multiple miscellaneous items slots, improved game performance, and a new taunt.
Team Fortress 2 is now a free-to-play team-based FPS, which can be downloaded from Steam for Windows PC.
One year ago, Valve introduced the "Mann Co. Store" to TF2 which allows community members to design, buy, sell and trade items wearable by the game's characters. During the past year, community item-creators have made over $2,000,000 selling their digital creations through the Mann Co. Store.
"The 'Mann Co. Store' represents an important new direction for games and game makers," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. "By leveraging and extending the platform features of Steam, Team Fortress 2 has enabled a viable marketplace for independent content creators and significantly extended the gameplay experience in an incredibly short amount of time."
The Manniversary Update includes several new features, including Steam Workshop, an improved item submission system that allows community item-creators to test, share and track the status of their creations. The entire TF2 community will also be allowed to participate by browsing, rating and offering feedback on all submitted items.
The Update will also ship 30 new hats and cosmetic items, an item decal system, weeklong "try before you buy" item tryouts, loadout presets, multiple miscellaneous items slots, improved game performance, and a new taunt.
Team Fortress 2 is now a free-to-play team-based FPS, which can be downloaded from Steam for Windows PC.
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