How much would you pay to have a unique skin that sets you apart from the rest of the gamers playing Counter-Strike? If you were thinking of a two-digit number, sorry to cut you off there: A skin for the AK-47 has just been sold for over a million dollars. Does it shoot better? Does it do somersaults? Does it make you invisible? No. It doesn’t really do anything. Well, time to pay up.
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The skin in question is the StatTrak Factory New AK-47 pattern 661 (Blue Gem color). And why does it cost over $1 million? Well, because no one had seen it until this year, when it became public, and for some reason, everyone believed it should cost what it cost. Looking at this from the outside is a bit like someone who sees the prices of high fashion or abstract paintings for the first time.
Apparently, this skin costs so much because it gives the weapon a metallic, shining look, and also because the color is the hardest to find in ‘Counter-Strike’ matches. It may be worth mentioning that this is not the most expensive skin that has been sold in the game, but it’s the most expensive one sold publicly. And if you’re thinking “I wish I had $1 million so I could buy that skin and show it off in gameplay”, well, hey, I truly hope you achieve your dreams. I mean that in all sincerity.
