Home News Counter-Strike's co-creator isn't worried about low player counts: "Those people are never going to play your game."
gaming Counter-Strike 2 May 29, 2026 · 👁 1 views · Syndicated from PCGamesN

Counter-Strike's co-creator isn't worried about low player counts: "Those people are never going to play your game."

It's difficult to avoid the ongoing discourse surrounding concurrent player numbers on Steam. Hell, we're guilty of it ourselves. It's understandable why so many people are so fixated on this metric; it's one of the only numerical ways to identify how successful a game launch has been, after all. For indie developer Mi...

It's difficult to avoid the ongoing discourse surrounding concurrent player numbers on Steam. Hell, we're guilty of it ourselves. It's understandable why so many people are so fixated on this metric; it's one of the only numerical ways to identify how successful a game launch has been, after all. For indie developer Minh 'Gooseman' Le, the discussions surrounding his game, Alpha Response, feel like they're mostly being held in bad faith.

Read full story at PCGamesN →

Original reporting appears on the publisher’s site.

Open original article →
Related Articles
gaming

Counter-Strike is good for personal development, but don't let me tell you, listen to this bona fide Buddhist monk with a beast RTX 4090 rig instead

gaming

Turtle Beach Stealth Pro II review