Cases Price Hiking

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I barely play CSGO so i don't know about drop rate etc, but is there any event that push demand for cases?

kinda funny cause around 2 years ago i just bought 3 Prisma Cases when their price just around $0,018 and now it's listed on around $1

[Ratko Mladić]

Because of CS2 hype

[temper]

Originally posted by Sus:

Because of CS2 hype

Not really, cases have been going up in price for a long time.

There's just way more cases being opened than there are cases dropping, and a ton of the older supply is also on abandoned accounts/inventories.

[KoroSu]

Originally posted by Randomized:

Originally posted by Sus:

Because of CS2 hype

Not really, cases have been going up in price for a long time.

There's just way more cases being opened than there are cases dropping, and a ton of the older supply is also on abandoned accounts/inventories.

it's mostly cuz of cs2 , they never got so high before it...
i had 7 riptide cases and they never went above 3 euro before cs2, after they got to 4.5 and stayed there for a while , sold my cases and now they are at 5 euro :D

[Kikikz]

very expenssive

[temper]

Originally posted by KoroSu:

Originally posted by Randomized:

Not really, cases have been going up in price for a long time.

There's just way more cases being opened than there are cases dropping, and a ton of the older supply is also on abandoned accounts/inventories.

it's mostly cuz of cs2 , they never got so high before it...
i had 7 riptide cases and they never went above 3 euro before cs2, after they got to 4.5 and stayed there for a while , sold my cases and now they are at 5 euro :D

The 3 euro price was already high. The riptide case was like 70 cents or something around that when it came out.

[KoroSu]

Originally posted by Randomized:

Originally posted by KoroSu:

it's mostly cuz of cs2 , they never got so high before it...
i had 7 riptide cases and they never went above 3 euro before cs2, after they got to 4.5 and stayed there for a while , sold my cases and now they are at 5 euro :D

The 3 euro price was already high. The riptide case was like 70 cents or something around that when it came out.

yeah but it got higher cuz you can't get it anymore unless you buy it being an operation case.

[Profile]

it's not just cases, items across the board are going up, knives, agents, gun skins, stickers

look at the price of vanilla knives!!!!! it's insane

it's largely cs2, but it's also the increase in player base pushing up demand by reducing supply at a faster rate

i hate it, because i can't afford a decent knife anymore, my god it makes me feel sick how expensive a decent knife costs now

[Skipspik]

Originally posted by unHolyVirgin:

I barely play CSGO so i don't know about drop rate etc, but is there any event that push demand for cases?

kinda funny cause around 2 years ago i just bought 3 Prisma Cases when their price just around $0,018 and now it's listed on around $1

The market was unstable for 10ish day too, like access to it was difficult, so offer was diminishing and demand stayed roughly the same

[Profile]

let's take a quick look at the peak player count from just 1 year ago:

march 2021: 987,993

compare that with the peak player count last month

march 2022: 1,519,457

that's an increase of 531,464 for peak player count, which means that the actual number of players increased by significantly more than that because people around the world don't all play at the same time obviously

so when you get millions more players all wanting skins/agents/cases/stickers/etc

well, the answer is obvious, prices go nuts because the supply is limited (unlike the items that are available for sale from the ingame store, those won't see a change at all)

[Zonum]

people are opening cases more than they are being dropped. Legit players get about 1 case a week. Some cases do not drop, or drop very little. In total, 40 million cases were opened last month. thats up by a lot, as normally its about 10-11 million. This is also causing the item server and market to crash, because so many new skins are being generated per second.

skins are going to be 1:1 with updated gun models. Some skins and knives looks really good with the new lighting and models. you can find the videos of every skin for every gun on youtube.

[Profile]

one of csgo's biggest flaws for the longest time was the outdated graphics

but cs2 knives/guns are a significant upgrade in that department

for a prime example of this, compare the default duel berettas between csgo and cs2

or the vanilla gut knife

they're worlds apart

the updated graphics have opened up the doors for a flood of new players and returning players

and of course, anyone who had skins is coming back because their inventories have exploded in value

not only that, but the number of different types of skins/stickers/knives/gloves/etc is also ever increasing, the cs package is growing more and more attractive and just playing the game earns you money in the form of drops, it's a win/win system and it's only going to get better and better

edit: it just sucks for anyone who didn't buy a decent knife before prices went crazy

[HaŦŦrick ✓ 🛠 🗽]

BUY BUY BUY lol j/k

but honestly i've never seen such low listing quantity on the community market. i think there are a lot of people squireling these cases like nus into storage units. that's causing price volatility. i only have 100's hat off to those who have 1000's of them from years ago

[KoroSu]

Originally posted by no longer adding anyone:

one of csgo's biggest flaws for the longest time was the outdated graphics

but cs2 knives/guns are a significant upgrade in that department

for a prime example of this, compare the default duel berettas between csgo and cs2

or the vanilla gut knife

they're worlds apart

the updated graphics have opened up the doors for a flood of new players and returning players

and of course, anyone who had skins is coming back because their inventories have exploded in value

not only that, but the number of different types of skins/stickers/knives/gloves/etc is also ever increasing, the cs package is growing more and more attractive and just playing the game earns you money in the form of drops, it's a win/win system and it's only going to get better and better

edit: it just sucks for anyone who didn't buy a decent knife before prices went crazy

graphics one of the biggest flaws? not even a little , most people play with low graphics anyway. We all know what are the 2 biggest flaws of counter strike in general.

[Profile]

Originally posted by KoroSu:

Originally posted by no longer adding anyone:

one of csgo's biggest flaws for the longest time was the outdated graphics

but cs2 knives/guns are a significant upgrade in that department

for a prime example of this, compare the default duel berettas between csgo and cs2

or the vanilla gut knife

they're worlds apart

the updated graphics have opened up the doors for a flood of new players and returning players

and of course, anyone who had skins is coming back because their inventories have exploded in value

not only that, but the number of different types of skins/stickers/knives/gloves/etc is also ever increasing, the cs package is growing more and more attractive and just playing the game earns you money in the form of drops, it's a win/win system and it's only going to get better and better

edit: it just sucks for anyone who didn't buy a decent knife before prices went crazy

graphics one of the biggest flaws? not even a little , most people play with low graphics anyway. We all know what are the 2 biggest flaws of counter strike in general.

ok, you got me there, i have to admit i actually play on lowest graphics too lol

and you're right, the biggest problems aren't graphics related

all i can do is admit when i'm wrong, and i'm wrong here

edit: i'll put it this way then, the upgrade in graphics wasn't necessarily a problem, but it may have turned off potential new players who make their choices based on how games look on youtube gameplays, because before people play a game, graphics is one of the biggest factors when pulling in new players for most games these days

but you're right, it wasn't an issue for a large portion of people who were already playing the game

[fash]

its because people are opening too many cases