CSO 2

[DisposableBootlickers]

I know Valve canceled this game because of CSGO but is there still any hope to see this game be released on Steam at all or is it abandoned forever?

[Y-Dr. Now]

cso2 closed by south korean or chinese laws about lootboxes and information about the chances of items falling out of them. csgo has nothing to do with it and valve has nothing to do with it.

[DisposableBootlickers]

Originally posted by Y-Dr. Now:

cso2 closed by south korean or chinese laws about lootboxes and information about the chances of items falling out of them. csgo has nothing to do with it and valve has nothing to do with it.

Mhh okay but when I ask Google about why the game got cancelled this is the chosen answer:

"The game never made it to the English market due to Valve wanting players to stay in Global Offensive, and the only Counter-Strike Online 2 server left is in China. Interestingly, bonus items will be given to South Korean players who switch to Counter-Strike Online, serviced by Nexon.

Who knows if that is true or what the real reason(s) is, I just wanted to know if there's still a chance of seeing this game ever be released on Steam or if the devs completely abandoned the game and the idea of coming back to this game one day.

[Y-Dr. Now]

>>Who knows if that is true or what the real reason

I know the real reason and wrote it in the answer above. Because I personally played cso2 from the moment it was released until I remember the day it closed. It was on the closing day that everywhere there was news that the Korean nexon was sued for cheating with a chance of dropping items in loot boxes in the cso2 game and forced to close it. This is the real reason. Valve wasn't even close. And it has nothing to do with it.

You are quoting some speculation from Google, written by no one knows who and when.

Game was shut down by a Korean or Chinese court under Korean or Chinese loot box laws. It is a court order that does not allow the game to be re-released anywhere.

[DisposableBootlickers]

Originally posted by TheSlenderBeer:

Seems unlikely for Valve to take it down after 5 years due to CS:GO, it would make more sense if they closed it right after the formers launch (e. or few months up to a year afterwards, in order to boost the numbers). My personal opinion is that CSO2 closed due to lack of expected income, lack of players and bugs that weren't really worth fixing. Since Nexon isn't really keen about- well... doing anything, i highly doubt that CSO2 will return in any form other than unofficial servers hosted by someone from the community.

Seeing as even CSN:S struggles with player numbers; with peak being 9 years ago consisting of 10,007 players, 24 hours peak being exactly 544 players i think the playerbase being too small is a likely scenario. All possibilities are on the table though.

Indeed, seems unlikely but I'm quite certain the game would have had a huge success in Europe, the zombie gamemodes in CSS are very popular and still being played a lot to this day.

@Y-Dr. Now
Thank you for clarifying, I can't believe they abandoned CSO2 because of that the game seemed promising.

[ConTraZVII]

Originally posted by Y-Dr. Now:

>>Who knows if that is true or what the real reason

I know the real reason and wrote it in the answer above. Because I personally played cso2 from the moment it was released until I remember the day it closed. It was on the closing day that everywhere there was news that the Korean nexon was sued for cheating with a chance of dropping items in loot boxes in the cso2 game and forced to close it. This is the real reason. Valve wasn't even close. And it has nothing to do with it.

You are quoting some speculation from Google, written by no one knows who and when.

Game was shut down by a Korean or Chinese court under Korean or Chinese loot box laws. It is a court order that does not allow the game to be re-released anywhere.

Please do not spread false information. There is no legal statement stating CSO2 is closed due to the said reason. If so, not only CSO2, CSO and other Nexon games should be affected as well since they are all using the same method.

As for the defense, this is my speculation though since we do not have any info about it. To my knowledge, it is just CSO2 is very expensive to run due to Source engine renting (Havok physics engine is also expensive). Also, CSO2 probably does not generate much profit compared to CSO since most of the items can be purchased with game points and most cash items are just cosmetics. For me, it's an experimental stage to see if cosmetics can sustain the game, but we know Asian market does not like spend too much on something that does not affect gameplay.