CSGO is Free! Is this Valve's Strategy to Increase Users?

Like DotA 2, currently Valve’s flagship game, CSGO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive), has experienced a lot of setbacks in terms of player quantity. To overcome the continued shortage of players, Valve took a strategy by making Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to be free to play from being paid. In other words, FPS game enthusiasts can play CSGO offline or for free.

The announcement of CSGO becoming a free game to the general public in the previous month was accompanied by news of the addition of a battle royale or survival mode to the game. Valve’s strategic move has received a lot of negative criticism, but the game company does not budge because it considers the step to free Counter-Strike: Global Offensive that it has taken is the right step. What Valve has decided bears sweet fruit. Instead of being negative like the criticism given, positive results have been achieved by this business entity until now.

CSGO Criticism Becomes Free

Indeed, the maximum number of players from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at this time has not been able to break the previous record, which is 850,000 players. However, the total number of players had gradually increased drastically from before which had fallen drastically as well. Last December 2018, the total number of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players reached 746,548. Even though in November 2018 the players only reached 546,031 people. This significant increase in the number of players is the fruit of his successful controversial strategy.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive usually costs $15. The absence of a tag on the game makes this game attractive to players looking for a free FPS game to play. But the change to free status is still beneficial for players who already own the game for a fee. Valve provides compensation in the form of free upgrades to Prime Status. To get this status, you usually incur an additional $15 fee. Not only that, Valve also compensates players who already have Prime Status by giving them a submachine gun.

Added New Mode “Danger Zone”

The attraction of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive that invites many new players is not only because of its current free status, but also because of the addition of a battle royale mode called Danger Zone. In this new mode you can enter up to 18 players, with the last survivor being considered the winner.

The battle royale mode, Danger Zone, follows other games in this genre, such as Fortnite as well as PUBG. Players will be dropped on a special Counter-Strike: Global Offensive battle royale map called Blacksite. Of course, as in battle royale in general, you need to hunt for weapons and equipment. Here there are also drones that send packages that can be profitable when you play. The function of this drone is similar to supplying in rival battle royale games. However, in addition to fighting each other to the death like in a common battle royale, here you can also carry out missions and/or rescue hostages to get bonus money when the game ends.

The matches in Danger Zone’s battle royale mode last about 10 minutes each and you can participate alone or in teams of two or three. Here, each player gains a little more health points, so they are better able to withstand attacks than in standard Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The addition of this health point is the same as what the Call of Duty developers did.

Thus the article about CSGO games being games that can be played for free which is Valve’s strategy to increase players. Don’t forget to always follow the news, and the latest information about the Steam game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive only in Game News!

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