Steam to Shut down CS 1.6

[FPSGod]

Steam has decided to start finally phasing out CS 1.6 in an effort to encourage users to evolve into playing newer games. The claim "server maintenance, support tickets and other staff related costs" do not make up for the extremely minimal income the game generates through new sales.

Personally, I'm shocked... the Counter-Strike 1.6 community is still huge and booming, many tournaments and leagues are still insanely popular. They have a few good excuses to move users into playing newer games, but to me it just seems like an underhanded "cash grab" to force players to buy more games.

CS1.6 is scheduled to be removed from Steam sometime this summer... perhaps to make room for upcoming titles like "Counter-Strike Source: Online" a pay-to-play service (similar to a WoW subscription)?

What do you think?

Read the official http://www.fpsgod.com/pages/steam_cancels_cs1.6.html');" href="http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=news&id=413">Press Release from Steam.



Edit: This was an April fools day post, relax.

[levio91]

i started on counter strike source so i dont really care

[Cognito]

I've moved on to source too for the most part, but it's still a sad day!

[WiL]

My thought is this.....heck of a good April Fools setup.

[4mm0]

This better be a god damn april fools thing or i swear ill stick my foot up steams ass...

[Kaizen]

Hah save that foot for when it actually happens.. i hope it doesn't though.. you guys got punked.

[Mouse]

haha lol i actually believed it

Good Joke