There is always something like this going on on Steam. A few years back it was the "Achievement" games that had 900+ achievements just for opening the game that was either being sold for the icon on people's profiles or to buy things off the Steam Marketplace with points gained. Same with badges/cards before that, and so on.
Steam is an International Marketplace with regional pricing. Which means that 3rd Worlders and Eastern Europeans make more money by doing dumb shit on it than they would working real jobs in their own country. The same way Gold Farming in MMOs continues.
There is always something like this going on on Steam. A few years back it was the "Achievement" games that had 900+ achievements just for opening the game that was either being sold for the icon on people's profiles or to buy things off the Steam Marketplace with points gained. Same with badges/cards before that, and so on.
Steam is an International Marketplace with regional pricing. Which means that 3rd Worlders and Eastern Europeans make more money by doing dumb shit on it than they would working real jobs in their own country. The same way Gold Farming in MMOs continues.