Valve makes “troublesome resolution” to cease ‘Counter-Strike 2’ Mac assist

From this level onwards, Counter-Strike 2 won’t assist DirectX 9 and 32-bit working methods or macOS as there are apparently not sufficient gamers on these platforms.

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Valve defined that lower than one per cent of energetic Counter-Strike: World Offensive (CS:GO) gamers have been enjoying on PCs with this arrange and on Macs.

Consequently, redirecting efforts from supporting these gamers to the assist of the extra standard and extra superior 64-bit Home windows and Linux gamers is in the very best curiosity of the sport.

“Counter-Strike 2 represents the most important technical leap in [Counter-Strike] historical past, and our purpose is to proceed to develop Counter-Strike for years to return,” it stated in a post to Steam, expressing its remorse for this “troublesome resolution”.

“In case you are unable to launch Counter-Strike 2 together with your present {hardware}, you possibly can entry a legacy model of CS:GO. Help for this model of CS:GO will finish on January 1, 2024,” Valve continued.

Official matchmaking won’t be accessible on this legacy model of the sport, which means it’s “frozen” for gamers. The sport will nonetheless be accessible after January 1, 2024, however options that depend on the sport coordinator are more likely to fail.

Those that bought a Prime Standing Improve between March 22 and September 27 will likely be granted a refund if the sport wasn’t engaged on their rig that runs DirectX 9 or a 32-bit Home windows.

Nonetheless, Mac gamers will solely be allowed a refund if nearly all of their hours in CS:GO have been on a Mac and that they performed the sport on a Mac between March 22 and September 27.

The window for these refunds will expire on December 1, 2023. Moreover, banned accounts won’t be eligible for refunds, nor will CD keys or items.

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