{"id":2191,"date":"2020-01-02T16:33:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T16:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/cs-go-achieves-new-average-player-record"},"modified":"2024-07-19T08:50:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:50:10","slug":"cs-go-achieves-new-average-player-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/cs-go\/cs-go-achieves-new-average-player-record","title":{"rendered":"CS:GO achieves new average player record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{72e40908-f324-4591-bc32-637be68ac252}{29}\" paraid=\"2014410021\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">As we enter a new decade, Valve&rsquo;s first-person shooter is still proving as popular as ever &ndash; with the game closing out 2019 with the highest average monthly players since its release in August 2012.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_637640\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{20cb9a46-3cc7-4993-87a6-c336436f6def}{31}\" paraid=\"1830478449\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/steamcharts.com\/app\/730#All\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Steamcharts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/cs-go\">CS:GO<\/a>&nbsp;achieved 456,701 average players in December 2019. The highest peak before this date was 415,097 in August, which broke records held from February 2017 of 402,385 average players.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{d6c39070-7d81-408d-b46d-163d6765bb5c}{67}\" paraid=\"606020660\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">While it&rsquo;s unclear what exactly caused the surge, November saw the arrival of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/cs-go\/operation-shattered-web-guide\">Operation Shattered Web<\/a> &ndash; the first major update for the title in two years following Operation Hydra.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{c4d459e5-1e2e-440b-9fae-aa098a2c0e96}{213}\" paraid=\"960736004\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The new update introduced a bunch of in-game missions, maps and new cosmetics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{c4d459e5-1e2e-440b-9fae-aa098a2c0e96}{213}\" paraid=\"960736004\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CS GO Steamcharts\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/KrLpAVrZpwYfeTJSPYa_vXFp_Awoiz2oAzM_UBawqZM\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzL0NTR09fc2NyZWVuZ3JhYi5qcGc\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 493px;\" width=\"1024\" height=\"841\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:11px;\">(Picture: Steamcharts)<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{220dffaa-dbe7-4d69-a8f9-4b2180907466}{105}\" paraid=\"1781582207\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Despite the jump in average players, December 2019 didn&rsquo;t top the all-time peak number of 850,485 achieved in April 2016 &ndash; which coincided with Operation Wildfire and the MLG Columbus Major.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{3f42d144-668d-4dd1-8e90-772dcb36a6c5}{166}\" paraid=\"1949824163\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">If anything, the number boost is perhaps a nudge to Valve to release updates more frequently &ndash; although a follow-up to Shattered Web probably won&rsquo;t arrive anytime soon.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{3b720358-3d4e-44fb-ab06-c4da1930d29e}{247}\" paraid=\"105358895\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The&nbsp;CS:GO&nbsp;community recently voted on the title of best play of the decade, with&nbsp;Happy&rsquo;s&nbsp;ace with the Desert Eagle topping the other seven contenders.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{75115945-77a1-46b8-a812-c354ce73fc22}{63}\" paraid=\"1480666287\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">You can check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/cs-go\/best-play-decade-csgo-community-vote\">full list of contenders here<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we enter a new decade, Valve&rsquo;s first-person shooter is still proving as popular as ever &ndash; with the game closing out 2019 with the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":601,"featured_media":2192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cs-go"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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