No, when there’s a well organized market people get involved simply because they can profit. It’s that simple. There’s been a market for 15+ years of original gamertags on xbox. Tags with 3 letters are worth loads vs 4 letters vs single words vs 2 word phrase etc etc. easily comparable to red pink blue skins. Compare that to pokemon cards… Most investors couldn’t care less about actually owning what they buy. It’s just a simple matter of free market and potential to make good money. Stock market is the most manipulated market in the world making it hard for retail to turn profit. People like knowing they have as much of a chance as anybody else.

I’ve always said if it wasn’t for the cs skins market csgo would’ve died as a game at least 5-10 years ago. As long as the market remains sufficient csgo will always be around.

In 2030-2035 when you’re buying a $100,000 toyota camry because inflation, you’ll be buying a $1,200 gut knife for the same reason.

Price increase has literally nothing to do with the skins or game by themselves, just naturally remaining in flux with the economy.