ByDani Di Placido,
Senior Contributor.
The Counter-Strike 2 community has been thrown into turmoil after a fateful update from Valve sent shockwaves through Steam’s marketplace, causing the value of skins (purchased with real money) to soar and plummet.
The crashing of the skins market caused Counter-Strike 2's market cap to fall from $5.9 billion to $4.2 billion overnight, as gamers scrambled to adjust to the new value of skins.
Counter-Strike 2, an immensely popular first-person shooter developed by Valve, famously boasts a thriving skins economy.
