Earlier, the Steam Market of the Anti-Terrorism Elite 2 (Counter-Strike 2; CS2) had triggered a social outcry as a result of an update that caused the entire sword-shaped trading market to collapse by over $3 billion.
According to the official update of the Anti-Terrorism Elite 2, Valve expands the synthetic function of “replacement of contracts” in the game to allow players to synthesize 5 “hidden” class (red) items of the StatTrak military knife (in gold) that were previously open at a low chance, while 5 common hidden items can be combined with a common blade or a common glove, which can also be traded at Steam market.
Although this change has little impact on ordinary players, for those who treat CS2 as a “digital asset market” it is a replica of the thunderbolt — simply because these items, which were previously available at a low chance, can be synthesized, and therefore the transaction price on the market has collapsed.
According to Pricefire, the market value of the CS2 Steam market fell by billions of dollars 24 hours after it was updated and SteamDB observed that it had fallen 49 per cent and evaporated $3 billion until yesterday.
众所周知，《CS2》最大的金流来源不是游戏销售，而是在 Steam 市集的「造型市场」， 该市场与 Steam 经济系统紧密结合并构成几乎「自我运作的小型资本市场」。
游戏中有不少刀具物品只能透过玩家消费「开箱」机率取得，因此吸引许多人在市集进行投资与炒作，长年也因为一些外部交易平台引发争议。
如今，这波更新引发海外诸多回响，虽然有玩家抱怨这是 Steam 市集的「有史以来最可怕的 2008 金融危机」翻版，但多数玩家认为这则打击投资客的更新能让《CS2》回归本质，但短时间内，Steam 市集的《CS2》物品交易问题可能还是无法一劳永逸的解决。