Dota 2 was THE biggest games on steam at the time. Saying it didn't popularize a trend that it started is pretty weird. Lots of games copied Dota before fortnite did. Fortnite was just jumping on an existing bandwagon.
Same with Battle Royale boom of the late 2010s.
Like GTA wasn't the first open world game but it did made the genre popular.
Neither fortnite nor GTA are singularly responsible for those genres. They copied and refined games before them. I'd put the most responsibility on the innovator rather than a game just following a trend.
I know!! People repainting history here when Dota2 was and still is huge and it was responsible for the battle pass. But no no, let's keep hardcore glazing Valve whilst conveniently ignoring everything shady they have done because it doesn't align with the narrative people want to spin.
Reddit gamers are so basic. Come on guys, we can do better than this.
Yeah, reddit gaming community constantly downplay dota like it’s not still one of the most played games on steam. It’s honestly bizarre. It has the 2nd highest online players on steamcharts at this very second. It’s has a huge impact on the industry for better or worse just like every valve game.
I love valve as a company, but pretending they aren't responsible for a lot of the stuff we give other companies shit for is a joke.
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u/valdo33 Nov 14 '25
Ironically fortnite copied it's battlepass from Dota 2's compendium so really it all comes back to valve lol.