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[Draugoth]

In January 2024, the Blue Gem AK-47 – a one-of-a-kind skin – was ‘discovered’, with many users surmising it had been unboxed in a CS weapon case. This extraordinary pull would have had the clout to turn an average gamer into a millionaire overnight – but it’s believed that it sat firmly in the grip of a collector for several years. In 2022, a slightly ‘more worn’ variant of this skin sold for a whopping $400,000 – but that’s far from being the most expensive Counter-Strike skin ever auctioned off.

The most expensive skin ever sold publically in Counter-Strike history has just changed hands for over $1 million. The final sum wasn’t disclosed by the private buyer, but it was referenced that the transaction was worth ‘more than $1 million’. It was a StatTrak Factory New AK-47 in Blue Gem (Pattern 661), a one-of-one weapon skin that was shielded in secrecy for more than a decade. It was known to be in the wild, but it was never revealed who owned it – but the value of the skin was always common knowledge.

 

[FeralEcho]

Well those gay COD skins that have just released should sell for even more than that....considering the requirement seems to be for them all to be bland and embarassing as shit.

 

[T4keD0wN]

People (me included) clown on NFTs and rightfully so, but reading shit like this makes me think it wasnt such a crazy idea after all.

 

[FeralEcho]

There are famillies out there,starving,homeless,miserable while some rich narcisistic cunt is spending 1 million dollars on a gun skin in a game.

Makes you think what the fuck even is the point of being righteous and honorable as a person when there is such a level of moral injustice to the world order.

 

[Roman Empire]

There are famillies out there,starving,homeless,miserable while some rich narcisistic cunt is spending 1 million dollars on a gun skin in a game.

Makes you think what the fuck even is the point of being righteous and honorable as a person when there is such a level of moral injustice to the world order.

Not wanting to be political but I agree with you. A thing like this gun skin is a waste of money outside of the context of the game and its market. It serves no purpose in the real word, so to me is meaningless.

 

[Griffon]

Money laundering.

 

[crackajack]

And average people complain about the 10$ price hike this gen or if a 3.99 skin pack is worth it.
Mobile is basically built around whale hunting, not necessarily like this- that person certainly has a lot of disposable income-, but console and PC have rookie numbers in terms of micro (and macro?) transactions and addictive loops.
Sick industry.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Idiots and toilet paper were made for being used.

 

[hinch7]

Doesn't even look that nice lol. Had a rare knife in CS Go which sold really quickly, crazy how much people are willing to spend on ingame items.

 

[hinch7]

And average people complain about the 10$ price hike this gen or if a 3.99 skin pack is worth it.
Mobile is basically built around whale hunting, not necessarily like this- that person certainly has a lot of disposable income-, but console and PC have rookie numbers in terms of micro (and macro?) transactions and addictive loops.
Sick industry.

You think thats bad, CS has basically turned into a freemium lootbox/casino with cosmetics at $2.5 a pop with a chance to win something. Valve supposedly made $1 billion, last year from CS cases alone.

 

[Holammer]

Here's a video with a Swedish CS streamer called Anomaly talks about this particular 661 skin, how he got it and the maths involved in getting it.