Its not the same game today as it was '99. You could try to make the argument for Fortnite but the differences are not substantial.

Point being that if changes are a given, then it's possible for it to run on Linux in the future.

About $1B/year.

CS:GO is the highest grossing game on Steam, according to some sources, all agree its top 5.

Why is that irrelevant?

Also consistently the most played game on Steam by a fair margin. That doesn't necessarily make it the most played PC game since some big titles like League and Fortnite aren't on Steam, but it's at least close.

Raid shadow legends is also estimated to make around $1B/year, and there are many such mobile games.

Roblox made $3.6B in 2024. Fornite makes $3-5B/year for the past ~decade.

Genshin Impact is estimated to make ~$10B this year.

Not only in revenue, but all of the above have way more cultural impact/awareness too.

The pond is very big, but it's easy to miss that if you're in a bubble in that pond.

CS is consistently the top played game on Steam every year. Are you saying Steam isn't relevant? That's quite the claim to be making.

You didn't know what you were talking about and got caught in it.

That's fine! I was surprised too.

Something I've learned with age is it's better to have a laugh together than throw out more cover.

I dont give the slightest of shits about CS but have you seen the figures? It's doing absurdly well. In addition the separate economy for skins peaked at 6 billion recently.

thats not irrelevant