What? The only monetization is skins. You also need to pay for the premier matchmaking. CSGO and CS2 is top of the Steam charts with about 1mil active players, not because its free, but because it is a great game.
Valorant is there, but CS is practically its own genre.
In CoD, Destiny, and CS you all shoot guns, but the difference is stark between them.
For competitive gameplay, and gameplay feel, CS wins.
You saying Macu users are too rich for the game? Have you SEEN skin prices in CS2?
Saying Valorant is 'there' is dismissive. I would argue a lot of the changes in CS2 were made to stay relevant to Valorant competitively.
CS2 doesn't feel remotely competitive in its current state on 64t. It's a huge problem that Valve thankfully are taking seriously and patching every few days. I am curious where they will go with the networking re: subtick.
I wish Valve would talk more about their decisions to remove several settings and things like lefthand. It feels like it is intended to keep things more similar across clients (IMO more competitive and level), so they don't end up in the config-maxxing hell that is TF2.
Valorant is there, but CS is practically its own genre.
In CoD, Destiny, and CS you all shoot guns, but the difference is stark between them.
For competitive gameplay, and gameplay feel, CS wins.
You saying Macu users are too rich for the game? Have you SEEN skin prices in CS2?
Do you even play?