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Counter-Strike 2 Update Has Obliterated the Skins Market

Aaron McKinley is a writer, blogger and video game enthusiast with over five years of experience in web content and many more in playing games until the wee hours of the morning. His work spans many ...
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'Counter-Strike 2' update wipes $2 billion in real money from game's economy

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OG Counter-Strike co-creator has "some regrets" over leaving – "A lot of the people who I still keep in touch with at Valve, I kind of notice that they're really well off ...

In the early 2000s, Valve hired Le and his fellow original Counter-Strike dev Jesse Cliffe, for an official release of what ...
PC Gamer

Counter-Strike 2 invents a new way to monetise guns and, hoo boy, people seem to hate it even more than crates and keys: 'I'm not paying 1000+ bucks for a skin!'

"Possibly the worst monetization strategy I've ever seen in a video game." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as a preferred ...
Hypebeast

$2 Billion USD Wiped From ‘Counter-Strike 2’ Market Due to Game Update

The Counter-Strike video game franchise has a cosmetic skin market worth billions A new update to the game has caused the prices of many of its most valuable items to crumble Over $2 billion USD in ...
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Counter-Strike co-creator has a sobering explanation for the iconic shooter's continued Steam dominance 25 years in: "People play it just to collect skins and s**t"

Original Counter-Strike co-creator Minh "Gooseman" Le left Valve all the way back in 2006, and in the years since, his views on the legendary FPS series and its historic endurance in the PC market ...