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CSGO is getting wrecked by Valorant. It’s basically dead in the water in the US and will be out internationally soon too. CSGO is stuck in the past, can’t make

CSGO is getting wrecked by Valorant. It’s basically dead in the water in the US and will be out internationally soon too. CSGO is stuck in the past, can’t make obvious quality of life improvements, and Valorant is polished in a way that I’ve never seen so many women get into a competitive video game.

foepys 5y ago
Was CS ever popular in the US? I thought the US was always more into Call of Duty.
- reducesuffering 5y ago
  Call of Duty was for casuals and CS was for tryhards. Yes, CoD was more popular because of that.
- VintageCool 5y ago
  CS was very popular in the US twenty years ago.
- chmod775 5y ago
  The Call of Duty competetive scene is basically nonexistent and probably even beat by games such as Farming Simulator, which has more active esports teams.
dxhdr 5y ago
Wait, what? https://steamcharts.com/app/730#All https://steamcharts.com/app/730#All Where on that chart is CSGO getting wrecked?
- reducesuffering 5y ago
  Apr. 2020 was peak daily players, 857k, the exact month Valorant Beta was released. They're trending down to 563k as of the last 30 days, down 34% in just 2 years. Valorant is posting 1.5m and has only been trending upwards. Maybe "dead" is exaggerative but long term trend is clear with Riot's compared to Valve's stewardship.
  - Sakos 5y ago
    I have no idea how you can come to that conclusion based on that data.
  - Winmillion 5y ago
    valorant is too new of a game to tell, overwatch was pretty big back in the day too
  - baisq 5y ago
    apr 2020 was peak daily players because of lockdowns.
- Tenoke 5y ago
  I don't know about steam but if you look at the twitch numbers (which probably correlate more with esport from a pro/money perspective) CSGO does look to be declining since its peak in 2020[0] (which I'd wager was due to some huge event or the pandemic) and is consistently less popular than Valorant. 0. https://twitchtracker.com/games/32399 https://twitchtracker.com/games/32399

foepys 5y ago

Was CS ever popular in the US? I thought the US was always more into Call of Duty.

reducesuffering 5y ago
Call of Duty was for casuals and CS was for tryhards. Yes, CoD was more popular because of that.
VintageCool 5y ago
CS was very popular in the US twenty years ago.
chmod775 5y ago
The Call of Duty competetive scene is basically nonexistent and probably even beat by games such as Farming Simulator, which has more active esports teams.

dxhdr 5y ago

Wait, what? https://steamcharts.com/app/730#All https://steamcharts.com/app/730#All Where on that chart is CSGO getting wrecked?

reducesuffering 5y ago
Apr. 2020 was peak daily players, 857k, the exact month Valorant Beta was released. They're trending down to 563k as of the last 30 days, down 34% in just 2 years. Valorant is posting 1.5m and has only been trending upwards. Maybe "dead" is exaggerative but long term trend is clear with Riot's compared to Valve's stewardship.
- Sakos 5y ago
  I have no idea how you can come to that conclusion based on that data.
- Winmillion 5y ago
  valorant is too new of a game to tell, overwatch was pretty big back in the day too
- baisq 5y ago
  apr 2020 was peak daily players because of lockdowns.
Tenoke 5y ago
I don't know about steam but if you look at the twitch numbers (which probably correlate more with esport from a pro/money perspective) CSGO does look to be declining since its peak in 2020[0] (which I'd wager was due to some huge event or the pandemic) and is consistently less popular than Valorant. 0. https://twitchtracker.com/games/32399 https://twitchtracker.com/games/32399