The YouTuber and Twitch streamer Vyacheslav “Buster” Leontiev exchanged his skins in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for a customized BMW M5 worth about 59,000 euros through the Steam marketplace. He proudly showcased the car on YouTube.
That CS:GO skins can sometimes bring in a small fortune with a bit of luck is now well known in the gaming community. Online, the items can sometimes be sold for thousands of euros.
The YouTuber and Twitch streamer Buster took skin trading to a new level. He exchanged his items from CS:GO for a black BMW worth 59,000 euros.
Here you can see a trailer for CS:GO:
“Yes, yes, this is now my car. I bought it for skins from CS:GO. Cool, right?”
Who is Buster? Buster is a Russian Twitch streamer and YouTuber. On Twitch, he has 3.1 million followers and makes videos about games like Fall Guys, Mortal Kombat 11 or CS:GO (via Twitch). On YouTube, he entertains 2.72 million subscribers (via YouTube).
What is Buster’s video about? On YouTube, the video titled “The first acquisition of a car for skins in CS:GO in the world, what?” was released on July 27, 2022.
In the video description, it says in Russian: “Yes, yes, this is now my car. I bought it for skins from CS:GO. Cool, right?”
Here you can find the link to the Russian YouTube video if you want to watch it yourself.
How did Buster get the car? He exchanged his skins for a BMW with another user through the Steam marketplace. In the video, you can see how Buster looked at the car, went through the CS:GO items with the user, and in the end took the black BMW.
Which skins did Buster exchange? Among the skins were some expensive items. These included:
- AWP Gungnir (Factory New)
- AK-47 Wild Lotus (Minimal Wear)
- AWP Dragon Tale (Factory New)
- AK-47 Gold Arabesque (Factory New)
There were also a few rare stickers. In total, the skins were worth about 56,000 euros.
The YouTuber hinted that he might raffle the car at an event someday.
Are loot boxes perfect revenue sources? For YouTubers and streamers, it sometimes seems very easy to make big money with CS: GO skins. However, the chance of valuable items is low, as a CS:GO player showed.
Viewers of such videos often do not realize how much money the YouTuber or streamer spent beforehand to acquire the items.
CS:GO loot boxes work similarly to gambling. The player must invest money in order to end up with a lot of luck receiving a higher winning amount than he previously spent. This can also go terribly wrong. Often, the losses at the end are greater than the earnings from the sales.
What do you think of Buster’s trade? Feel free to write it in the comments.
Here you can read about which large Twitch streamer also had great luck with CS:GO loot boxes.
