Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by AceJohnny2 254 days ago
> CS is a paid game, not free like Valorant, and makes probably much more money

(Veering offtopic here) Remember that Valve invented the free-to-play business model when they made TF2 free. As Gabe Newell said in some interview long ago, they made more money from TF2 after it went F2P ("sell more hats!")

Point being, being a paid vs free game is largely irrelevant to the profitability & engineering budget.

That said, I'm not sure why you say CS is a paid game. It is also free-to-play. Is some playable content locked behind a paywall?