2023-05-08 23:57:16
Against 1.5 million in March.
In March, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive broke its all-time player count record when 1,519,457 people logged in following the announcement of Counter-Strike 2. That record has now been broken once more, with SteamDB registering 1,818 773 players – a jump of almost 300,000.
What brought all these players to CS:GO? While cynics will suggest they’re bots, it’s likely a significant number will launch the game thanks to the latest CS:GO Major and its related rewards. Since the start of the Paris Major on May 8, Valve has added its usual Pick’Em challenge, in which CS:GO players can try to predict the results. The closer your guesses are, the better the rarity of the prizes.
There are also the newly arrived cosmetics: a sticker with the logo of each team and another with the signature of each player participating in the Major which can be added to any weapon you own. Given their number, anyone looking for a specific player is likely to head to the Steam Community Market to find them and the prices can be decent. Here’s one that sells for just over $40.
The Paris Major will be the last played in CS:GO, and the first Major played in Counter-Strike 2 will not take place until March 2024. This means that it will be the only Major for 2023, where normally there are two each year. It runs from May 8 to May 21.
Counter-Strike 2 is currently in limited testing for a select group of players, and Valve is calling the sequel “an overhaul of every system, every piece of content, and every part of the CS experience.” Oh, and it contains a Half-Life reference.
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