How is this mindless piece of shit game constantly gaining players?

Rand · Post by **Rand** » May 17th, 2024, 18:18

Counter Strike 2 SteamDB stats:

Seriously, what the actual fuck?
Numbers increasing over 10 years is unheard of.

Rand · Post by **Rand** » May 17th, 2024, 18:21

Is the normie gamer actually that retarded?
All of the top games are competitive twitch-reflex nonsense.

Irenaeus · Post by **Irenaeus** » May 17th, 2024, 18:27

Rand wrote: ↑ May 17th, 2024, 18:18
Counter Strike 2 SteamDB stats:

Seriously, what the actual fuck?
Numbers increasing over 10 years is unheard of.

Nice, it's a fun multiplayer game.

We used to play in LAN Houses back in college with beers before going out to parties/clubs.

Post by **Oyster Sauce** » May 17th, 2024, 19:46

It's free, it's easy to run, it's regularly updated with new content, and it has the most profitable gacha mechanics I've ever seen where I personally know multiple people who've opened loot boxes and received items worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Feel free to explain why you think it's mindless

nyxnyx · Post by **nyxnyx** » May 17th, 2024, 19:50

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ May 17th, 2024, 19:46
It's free, it's easy to run, it's regularly updated with new content, and it has the most profitable gacha mechanics I've ever seen where I personally know multiple people who've opened loot boxes and received items worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Feel free to explain why you think it's mindless

easy to run is the key thing.

there's a reason CS 1.6 was so insanely popular in Eastern Europe and South America in particular - shit could run on a toaster compared to Call of Duty or Battlefield (and Halo wasn't even much of a thing since most people didn't have Xbox to begin with).

Irenaeus · Post by **Irenaeus** » May 17th, 2024, 19:51

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ May 17th, 2024, 19:46
Feel free to explain why you think it's mindless

It's mindless because you don't have to think to play. You can play it completely drunk, ask me how I know.

Vergil · Post by **Vergil** » May 17th, 2024, 20:11

Free to play third worlders and a gambling mechanic.

anonusername · Post by **anonusername** » May 17th, 2024, 20:50

This game is easy, no twitch reflexes needed. Just use the R8 revolver and spam right mouse button. Guaranteed results regardless of effort level or skill.

J1M · Post by **J1M** » May 17th, 2024, 21:30

Rand wrote: ↑ May 17th, 2024, 18:18
Counter Strike 2 SteamDB stats:

Seriously, what the actual fuck?
Numbers increasing over 10 years is unheard of.

Asia.

nyxnyx · Post by **nyxnyx** » May 17th, 2024, 23:07

J1M wrote: ↑ May 17th, 2024, 21:30

Rand wrote: ↑ May 17th, 2024, 18:18
Counter Strike 2 SteamDB stats:

Seriously, what the actual fuck?
Numbers increasing over 10 years is unheard of.
Asia.

Asians won't touch anything that doesn't have waifus plastered all over it. Europe absolutely dominated the player count in terms of percentage back during CS2 beta (nearly 3/4 of all players), and the CS esports scene is relatively tiny in China compared to shit like Crossfire or even Valorant.

Rand · Post by **Rand** » May 18th, 2024, 03:08

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ May 17th, 2024, 19:46
I personally know multiple people who've opened loot boxes and received items worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Holy fuck.
So there's gambling mechanics.
Unethical abuse of the dopamine cycle.

dolor · Post by **dolor** » May 18th, 2024, 04:15

Nuggets · Post by **Nuggets** » May 18th, 2024, 15:28

This has always genuinely confused me as well. I feel like something dubious has to be going on.

anonusername · Post by **anonusername** » May 18th, 2024, 15:58

Nuggets wrote: ↑ May 18th, 2024, 15:28
This has always genuinely confused me as well. I feel like something dubious has to be going on.

It's called gambling and it's the reason blackjack and roulette are popular after decades despite being fairly simple games.

Statesman · Post by **Statesman** » May 18th, 2024, 16:47

Imagine playing the same game over the same map for...new shiny skins for several decades

Post by **Oyster Sauce** » May 24th, 2024, 08:00

Today Valve added the ability to actually fucking rent skins from lootboxes.

Vergil · Post by **Vergil** » May 24th, 2024, 08:07

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ May 24th, 2024, 08:00
Today Valve added the ability to actually fucking rent skins from lootboxes.

Based Lord Gaben saves gaming once again!

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » May 24th, 2024, 08:11

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ May 24th, 2024, 08:00
Today Valve added the ability to actually fucking rent skins from lootboxes.

nice

Post by **Oyster Sauce** » May 24th, 2024, 08:19

I miss going on fpsbanana.com and downloading a skin that turns your grenades into puppies where you twist their head off instead of pulling the pin

I miss custom sprays

I miss guns not looking like gay toys

But I did like the update where they let you manually place stickers on your guns

Vergil · Post by **Vergil** » May 24th, 2024, 08:20

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ May 24th, 2024, 08:19
I miss custom sprays

Wait you can't even use fucking sprays like every other source game anymore?

Post by **Oyster Sauce** » May 24th, 2024, 08:22

Vergil wrote: ↑ May 24th, 2024, 08:20

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ May 24th, 2024, 08:19
I miss custom sprays
Wait you can't even use fucking sprays like every other source game anymore?

https://csgostash.com/graffiti

Vergil · Post by **Vergil** » May 24th, 2024, 08:25

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ May 24th, 2024, 08:22

Vergil wrote: ↑ May 24th, 2024, 08:20

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ May 24th, 2024, 08:19
I miss custom sprays
Wait you can't even use fucking sprays like every other source game anymore?
https://csgostash.com/graffiti

The amount of shit this fucking gay company gets away with is unreal.

Element · Post by **Element** » May 24th, 2024, 08:58

Fifteen years ago less than 10% of India had the internet. Now it's 50%.

Post by **Oyster Sauce** » May 24th, 2024, 09:00

Element wrote: ↑ May 24th, 2024, 08:58
Fifteen years ago less than 10% of India had the internet. Now it's 50%.

That's terror