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6/20/2025, 1:39:17 PM
https://x.com/Zesty_Jesus/status/1935839348529754494
>You ask someone about CS, and one of two things will come up- the cosmetics, or the tournaments. A global, Valve sponsored sport, built from the ground up, with the goal of funneling more traffic into the game, and ultimately into one of the biggest online casinos, generating billions a year from microtransactions.
You could honestly argue that case (and crate) gambling is the only way to make a F2P game financially viable, other than using an equally objectionable battle pass system. But Zesty is right when he says that Valve sees Counter Strike (and Team Fortress 2) as a casino before a videogame.
>You ask someone about CS, and one of two things will come up- the cosmetics, or the tournaments. A global, Valve sponsored sport, built from the ground up, with the goal of funneling more traffic into the game, and ultimately into one of the biggest online casinos, generating billions a year from microtransactions.
You could honestly argue that case (and crate) gambling is the only way to make a F2P game financially viable, other than using an equally objectionable battle pass system. But Zesty is right when he says that Valve sees Counter Strike (and Team Fortress 2) as a casino before a videogame.
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