The CS.MONEY blog is here to try and find out what the new CS:GO service 360 Stats is about and if it’s worth the money. Let’s roll! It’s going to be interesting.
What’s CS:GO 360 Stats
CS:GO 360 Stats is a new subscription service for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It’s aimed at collecting player statistics in competition and Wingman modes. Besides stats, the service will also show the chance of winning the round. Notably, the game collects statistics at all times. Therefore, the subscription will display all matches, even those that were played before its purchase.
CS:GO 360 & Dota Plus
CS:GO 360 Stats isn’t Valve’s first attempt to introduce advanced stats in its games. Earlier, a similar subscription service appeared in Dota 2. There, it’s called Dota Plus and costs four dollars a month.
In addition to statistics, Dota Plus provides the player with some additional benefits: new phrases for the chat wheel, a system of achievements, and access to weekly tournaments. Finally, the service offers a system of tips. Dota Plus advises on the best hero and artifacts as well as gives real-time match statistics. Despite its usefulness, the service for Dota 2 is constantly criticized by the community. The main reason is the tiny amount of content it contains.
With CS:GO 360 Stats, the situation is different by default. The subscription won’t bring new skins, won’t tell you what to buy, and neither will it exclude obnoxious fellows from player queuing. But it costs four times less: one dollar a month versus four for a Dota 2 subscription. The only question left now is whether it’s worth paying the company for this service.
Is the service worth the money?
Tricky one. At one time, Steam managed to become the leading PC videogame store thanks to the convenience it offers. Cloud saving, regional prices, a community with guides at your fingertips — all of these render Valve’s store especially attractive. In the end, comfort won, and now even games from giants like EA and Ubisoft are released on Steam. While said giants were actually able to launch their own launcher, they still couldn’t do without Steam.
With CS:GO 360 Stats, the situation is the same: subscription sells comfort. It enables you to view your results and quickly analyze them without minimizing the game or dealing with authorization. It’s truly convenient. And the price is moderate too.
The main bottleneck here is matchmaking. We must’ve already said it a hundred times, but it’s high time CS:GO was transferred to servers with a tickrate of 128 — but no such luck. As a result, matchmaking is devalued. It’s third-party platforms that offer really “esportslike” matches, and they have player statistics anyway. On the other hand, if you just want to play a couple of casual matches with your friends in the evening, CS:GO 360 Stats is an attractive option that could help.
Do I need to look for alternative stats websites?
Another question, but much simpler. Right now, Valve doesn’t interact at all with third-party stats platforms. So there’s no point in searching for an alternative option. The sites work like a clock and still display your headshot percentage and best maps, just like before CS:GO 360 Stats. However, we still recommend that you consider switching to the subscription.
The appearance of CS:GO 360 Stats was weird. Even before the Panorama UI update was released, every player had access to advanced statistics. In the new UI, this feature was removed. Surprisingly, this solution didn’t cause a stir.
Now stats are back, but for money. That doesn’t like fun. In any event, let’s see how well Valve’s novelty takes root. After all matchmaking with map banning was, until recently, also available only to owners of an operation battle pass.
