CS:GO teams & players made \u201cover $70m\u201d from stickers in last 12 months, Valve says Jo\u00e3o Ferreira\/PGLAs the 10th anniversary of CS:GO nears, Valve has praised the health of the esport\u2019s ecosystem , saying that teams and players have earned over $70 million from in-game items in the past year. In a blog post celebrating CS:GO\u2019s upcoming 10th anniversary on August 21, Valve said that the game \u201cis stronger than ever\u201d, pointing to its massive player base and recent viewership records as signs that the iconic FPS title has withstood the test of time. The developer has also shared more details about how much money the community has poured into the esport\u2019s ecosystem in recent times. According to it, \u201cover $70 million\u201d had been raised in the past 12 months alone through in-game items. Valve added team stickers in 2014 before the EMS One Katowice Major as a way to support the growth of the esport, with organizations entitled to a portion of proceeds from the sale of sticker capsules. A year later, Valve also began releasing signature stickers, featuring players\u2019 autographs, before every Major as a way to directly support the teams. Ahead of PGL Major Stockholm 2021 \u2014 the first Major in two years because of the global health crisis \u2014, Valve only released signatures from the 40 players that reached the playoffs. The decision was widely criticized by the CS:GO community, with Valve dropping such restrictions for the Antwerp Major in May 2022. CS:GO fans will have another chance to support their favorite teams and players through the purchase of in-game items in two months\u2019 time as ESL will host the second Major of 2022 in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CS:GO teams & players made \u201cover $70m\u201d from stickers in last 12 months, Valve says Jo\u00e3o Ferreira\/PGLAs the 10th anniversary of CS:GO nears, Valve has praised the health of the esport\u2019s ecosystem , saying that teams and players have earned over $70 million from in-game items in the past year. In a blog post celebrating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}