“I Do Have Some Regrets” – How The Creator Of Counter-Strike Gave Up A Money-Making Behemoth

“We didn’t understand the value”.

Counter-Strike may be a quarter of a century old, but it remains one of Valve’s biggest money-spinners on Steam.

Counter-Strike 2 – the latest iteration of the free-to-play team-based shooter – makes its money from chests, which cost around $2.50 to open. Incredibly, some of the skins found inside said chests can fetch over a million dollars online – so it’s little wonder that, on average, players pay real-world money to open around 70,000,000 chests every month.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

“We didn’t understand the value”.

Counter-Strike may be a quarter of a century old, but it remains one of Valve’s biggest money-spinners on Steam.

Counter-Strike 2 – the latest iteration of the free-to-play team-based shooter – makes its money from chests, which cost around $2.50 to open. Incredibly, some of the skins found inside said chests can fetch over a million dollars online – so it’s little wonder that, on average, players pay real-world money to open around 70,000,000 chests every month.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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