Is the Valve store going away?

[Safariminer]

I've seen a guy talking about how ForFansByFans will close on January 1st 2023. No announcements were made by ForFansByFans nor by the parent company GoodSmile. They also said that "merch artists were notified", yet after a thorough look on the Internet, nobody but this guy was talking about the closure of FFBF. So, here's my question: Is it true that ForFansByFans is closing, shutting down the Valve store in the process?

[DarkCrystalMethod]

I haven't heard such news, but I do hope an official Valve/Steam merch store does show up with an actual valve and/or steam related url. I never trusted the current store as it doesn't even attempt to pretend its run by Valve.

[SinCanDory]

Today at: Don't believe everything you see on internet.

Don't you think if Valve was closing, the news would be all over the internet

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by CatArtik - Safariminer:

Is the Valve store going away?

I've seen a guy talking about how ForFansByFans will close on January 1st 2023. No announcements were made by ForFansByFans nor by the parent company GoodSmile. They also said that "merch artists were notified", yet after a thorough look on the Internet, nobody but this guy was talking about the closure of FFBF. So, here's my question: Is it true that ForFansByFans is closing, shutting down the Valve store in the process?

Can I get a link to an official source of this information. Not some rando reddit user.

Originally posted by SinCanDory:

Today at: Don't believe everything you see on internet.

Don't you think if Valve was closing, the news would be all over the internet

Not Valve, https://www.goodsmileus.com/featured/for-fans-by-fans

People claimed earlier this year they are going out of business with an earlier sale...

https://www.reddit.com/r/homestuck/comments/ysyak6/god_this_really_is_a_going_out_of_business_type/

I need official sources.

Nothing on their official Twitter either... https://twitter.com/ForFansxFans

[Safariminer]

Ah.. Okay, seems it is a regular thing to say FFBF is closing due to sales. Thanks

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

We don't really know what Good Smile is going to do with FFBF now they own the company but it seems that reddit users like to spread fear of its demise, probably rogue people on the marketing team, to boost sales even more.

[Safariminer]

My guess is that FFBF is going to become just another category on Good Smile's website.

[BluSteel]

Originally posted by SinCanDory:

Today at: Don't believe everything you see on internet.

Don't you think if Valve was closing, the news would be all over the internet

This thread is concerning the Valve merchandise store, the website of which has not been updated in at least two years, so I don't blame OP for believing that the website is planned to be taken offline.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Xtreme_Shoot:

Originally posted by CatArtik - Safariminer:

I've seen a guy talking about how ForFansByFans will close on January 1st 2023. No announcements were made by ForFansByFans nor by the parent company GoodSmile. They also said that "merch artists were notified", yet after a thorough look on the Internet, nobody but this guy was talking about the closure of FFBF. So, here's my question: Is it true that ForFansByFans is closing, shutting down the Valve store in the process?

its hapenning... :(

I just bought a CS:GO shirt today.

[Saint Hamudi]

Spycrab plushie will become unavailable which is a tragedy

[H4CK3R MAN]

Just putting this before the mods lock the topic for being old

https://www.reddit.com/r/Portal/comments/153qtlo/i_got_an_email_that_valvestoreforfansbyfanscom/

Sadly it does seem like the store is closing down soon

[Safariminer]

Originally posted by H4CK3R MAN:

Just putting this before the mods lock the topic for being old

https://www.reddit.com/r/Portal/comments/153qtlo/i_got_an_email_that_valvestoreforfansbyfanscom/

Sadly it does seem like the store is closing down soon

sadge :(

[Connie]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.