The first details on Rocket League ’s upcoming crate system hit the web over the weekend, after art assets for the boxes leaked on reddit , and Psyonix has a pretty solid plan for introducing a new collection of paid cosmetic items to Rocket League later this year.
Over the weekend, reddit user TheSgtPunishment uploaded unfinished art assets, presumably discovered in the latest Rocket League patch, that seemed to confirm the impending debut of a crate system similar to the what CS:GO and Dota 2 players are accustomed to. But fans didn’t have to speculate long because Psyonix VP Jeremy Dunham dropped in with confirmation of the assets’ authenticity (and purpose), along with a few early details on the crate system the studio is planning to implement later this summer.
Here’s what Dunham says players can expect from the crate system:
Crates will contain cosmetic content only. We have a strict "Don't Sell Advantage" policy for Rocket League, and we're sticking with that.
There will be no Steam Marketplace integration with crates. We are definitely aware of the problems related to third-party gambling in other games and we are not interested in taking that approach.
Players who don't want to interact with this system can hide it entirely with a single checkbox. Also of note, this won't affect or impact our current item-drop system in any way.
We also want to reassure you guys that we are sticking with our approach to keep introducing free new Arenas, Modes, and Items, along with the occasional paid DLC just like we always have.
Obviously, anytime a game without paid cosmetic content introduces such a system, there will be some in the community put off by the addition of Rocket League ’s new crate system. That said, the studio appears to have a pretty good plan to prevent the crates from changing how people play Rocket League . Item gambling has generated a fair amount of controversy for the CS:GO community as of late. The lack of marketplace integration also means hackers won’t have any incentive to breach the account of Rocket League players with highly-coveted items.
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