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submitted 1 year ago by ritchie@lemmy.one to c/memes@lemmy.ml

Everyone just loves untested forced updates. /s

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[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

It's about forcing everyone to switch

You can still play CS 1.6, you don't even need clouds for that one. You can play CS source. In this case they wanted to carry the momentum live the good little service game that they are. Technical reasons are superficial smokescreens.

They know every time they made a release some people didn't want to switch and stayed behind.

[-] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, it is about forcing everyone to switch and I’m sorry but you sound completely ignorant of what goes into a game like CS that is used in professional esports. CS1.6 and CS:Source are locked codebases. There are no official servers for them. They are standalone server games only. They are not getting updates unless there are some major exploits. CS:GO is the official, active codebase and its the same codebase as CS2, upgraded to Source2.

It has nothing to do “clouds” (a term you’re not even using correctly) and technical reasons are the entirety of the reasons. They’re not smokescreens. They are exactly why they did what they did - to maintain 1 active codebase that everyone playing uses. That’s it. There’s no mystery or conspiracy.

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