I am conflicted on what to do with CSGO keys. I planned on saving it for big title games or games that rarely go on sale or games that cost a lot. I checked with a friend whether to use them to trade for games or sell them on the market to get Steam Wallet money.

I decided to keep the keys to exchange for games, but I am in doubt and worry. What if someday soon they CSGO keys will be useless? What if I exchange keys for a game then there is a giveaway[Not specifically on this site] for that game I want and potentially can win? I am just in doubt on what to do with the keys. Should I rush to exchange them or wait for the right moment to exchange the game I want or use them for upcoming big AAA games?

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CS:GO keys won't die anytime soon, and if they ever do, you'd know well in advance.

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Csgo will be released in China soon™

When Dota 2 was released in China keys disappeared :C

Hopefully csgo will be handled in a different way, nothing is official atm

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wait for sales, then trade. or just market them and buy games with wallet.

btw, tf2 is almost 10 years old and its keys still work. i doubt csgo economy would die suddenly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Why would I wait for the sales? Would the price of the keys drop during that time?

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No, the price of games go down so you get more for your keys.

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key price usually drops in big events like summer/winter sales.

i meant "wait for games you want to go on sale", so you can trade them for less keys. sometimes traders from other row regions have access to cheaper prices.

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Oh. So you mean like:

Bastion is 3 three keys while it is at full price.

Bastion goes on sale and its key price went down to 2 keys.

Is this what you mean?

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yep

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Love, traders sell at the lowest retail price + ~5-10% which means that Bastion is a lil' over a key atm. :/

But yes, prices drop a bit during sales since they can buy direct from steam instead of relying on their current stock.

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what is definitely not the case is that right after sale prices go up again. once a game was on sale, the price on trading sites usually stays the same (more or less).

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betting sites use to take keys, you could trade it for better gun skins or use them to open crates that belong to those keys and hope for a knife or a skin you want! all else fails you can give them to friends!

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that's a horrible waste

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Well, in my point of view, you have just a few keys, justa few games and just a few titles on your wishlist, I think you should sell them or trade them for games that you want !
I think that sell them and wait for some good steam sales is a better choice, because when you trade people ask for a good amount of keys for games that doesn't worth that much, but that's how trade works... one will always have the better deal and the other you be left with the sh*t part ¬¬

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its easy you buy stuff on sale that you want with them from cheapest row region available for them.
Keys = Price without Fee + Profit the Trader asks for.
Lets take as example Duke Nukem forever and Falchion Case Key atm around 2,46€ = 2,15€ after Fee. First my Region then the Cheapest Row Region:
EU:
Without Sale: 35,95€ / 2,15 = 16,72 = 17 CSGO Keys
With Sale atm: 7,19€ / 2,15 = 3,34 = 3,5-4 CSGO Keys.

Cheapest Row Region should be Norway: Currency converter says 2,15€ should be 19,77 Norwegian Kronen

Without Sale: 270 NOK / 19,77 = 13,65 = 14 CSGO Keys
With Sale atm: 54 NOK / 19,77 = 2,73 = 3 CSGO Keys.

To find out which is the Cheapest region u use steamdb.info: https://steamdb.info/sub/15361/
As you see it pays out to buy on Sales, and even more to look always for the Cheapest ROW Region.

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So, in a few days. Basically.

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Nope, just kidding xD

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Oh, it seems you missed everything ;D

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CS:GO economy will only die when they outlaw CS in Russia. But then it will die pretty fast. :)

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Keys can also be used to buy Humble Bundle extras, which can be far cheaper than the Steam Sale prices for some games. But always use a reputable seller/trader, as you are not going through the protected trading system.

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You can use keys to buy good bundle games for cheap or you can sell them for steam wallet and then wait for big sales to use that money. It's up to you.

I don't think CSGO is going to die anytime soon, but if you're worried about it you could follow its playerbase status over here and if you start seeing drastic decline in players it would be a good time to sell all of the keys.

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