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Some time ago, PurePC discussed the topic of micropayments in mobile games, which bring huge profits to developers. The situation is similar with free games for PCs that encourage players to purchase additional accessories. The “key box system” is particularly popular, with which you can remove valuable items. In 2023 alone, Counter-Strike 2 players spent almost a billion dollars on this mechanism.
Statistics from 2023 show that Counter-Strike 2 is actually a very profitable game for Valve. This is due to a special mechanism called boxing. Purchasing one of these allows the player to draw additional items or “skins”.
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It’s worth starting with the fact that the prices of the boxes in question increased by an average of 178% in 2023 alone – this, of course, was largely related to the total amount that players spent on them. However, the entire mechanism is really effective, which is also confirmed by the statistics from the CSGOCaseTracker website. It turns out that players spent $980 million in the year in question, resulting in over 400 million cases being opened. Going back to the price increase, the price of the Danger Zone Case increased the most, up to 492%, while the purchase price of the Weapon Case increased by $25.
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Immediately following Valve’s announcement, there was a significant increase in the number of crate openings that allowed players to learn that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive would soon be updated and, in effect, replaced by Counter-Strike 2. The most popular box shot was “Dreams & Nightmares Case,” which was opened over 50.5 million times and earned Valve $126.3 million. We can see the rest of the statistics below. Overall, it is clear to see that this game is very profitable for the manufacturer, and the mechanism itself certainly also generates significant income for other developers who have implemented it in their games (we can mention League of Legends as well as two others). Games from Valve – DOTA 2 and Team Fortress 2).
Source: CSGOCaseTracker
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