We'd think of a clever line to go with this tweet but you're all playing CS:GO anyways.
Today's record beats the prior count by over 200,000 players. The reason? Well, popular theory says that it's because Counter-Strike 2 beta access is only going to people who play a lot of Counter-Strike.
, which is hysterical.) That, or it's just a lot of former or lapsed players getting nostalgic about Counter-Strike and wanting to experience it at its peak before CS2 hits and steals away the player count. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been on the rise since launch, rarely falling over the course of a single year outside of an extended nadir in 2018. Even that low point, however, was still netting over 400,000 daily players. Late 2018 saw the release of the free version of CS:GO, and the average year-over-year has stabilized at something like a million players since.
The reaction to Counter-Strike 2 has been pretty much what you'd expect from an impressive, interesting-looking update to a staple shooter for both casual and esports players:
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