Summary
Case Hardened skins have been a part ofCounter-Strikefor more than a decade. Random but distinct patterns for in-game weapons, some of which are incredibly rare and sell for thousands of dollars. Dbrand is attempting to bring Counter-Strike’s Case Hardened system into the real world todayby launching a range of skins that can be applied to various consoles and devicesmodeled after the Case Hardened designs in CS: GO, and best of all, just like in the game, there’s a chance you’ll get a Blue Gem.
A Blue Gem is the rarest Case Hardened skin of all. Almost entirely blue, when you buy one of Dbrand’s Case Hardened skins, there will be a 3.2 percent chance the skin you buy will be a Blue Gem. As is the case in Counter-Strike, you won’t know if you have bagged yourself a Blue Gem skin until you’ve already bought it. However, if you do beat the odds, you will then have a Dbrand product that is worth a lot more than you paid for it.
Ten times as much as you paid for it according to Dbrand. While someone may be willing to pay more than that for your skin, especially if you keep hold of it for a while and the skins have sold out, Dbrand is offering customers the chance to guarantee they get a Blue Gem skin by paying more for it in the first place. Pay ten times as much for your skin and Dbrand will increase the odds of your Case Hardened skin being a Blue Gem from 3.2 percent to 100 percent.
Counter-Strike Case Hardened Skins For All Your Platforms
The prices of the Case Hardened skins vary depending on the device you’re buying it for. However,if you want the Blue Gem skin for a Series X, it will cost you more than the Series X itself.
Play the odds or pay through the nose if you want that Blue Gem, those are your options. Sort of the same situation as skins in Counter-Strike, although a case last month demonstrated you’ll need to pay a lot more than ten times the usual price to get a Blue Gem in-game.The record for the most expensive skin in Counter-Strike history was brokenlast month when someone sold a factory new AK-47 Blue Gem pattern for more than $1,000,000. Not only is Blue Gem the rarest skin variant, but finding a factory new one cranks the asking price up even more.
We already know there’s a skin out there worth even more should its owner ever be willing to sell it. A Blue Gem knife. Since knives are even rarer than AK-47s, the Blue Gem version of the weapon is worth $1.5 million. Three years ago, its owner was offered that but declined to sell. Should they ever change their mind, the record set last month will be smashed again.
