[leetcrew]

pure speculation on my part, but I also suspect the people at valve have simply never liked counterstrike. they didn't come up with the core gameplay (nor did they design the most popular maps), and compared against the rest of the valve portfolio, it really isn't their style to begin with.

I'm sure it's a major main to maintain and occasionally add features to such an old codebase, but imo the apathy runs deeper than that.

[sseneca]

I agree, this is essentially what I was getting at in my original comment. Counter Strike is not Valve's game. They picked it up when it got popular and since then have done less than the minimum. And despite this they generate hundreds of millions each year off of it? Perfect.