The Paris 2023 Major Update
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The Paris 2023 Major update is essentially Valve's full rollout of the BLAST. tv Paris Major ecosystem — the last Major to carry the CS:GO banner before the franchise transitions to CS2.
That historical context alone makes everything attached to this update worth paying attention to. The centerpiece is the Paris 2023 Viewer Pass, which gates access to Pick'em, souvenir packages, and the upgradeable Event Coin.
For traders and collectors, this is a time-sensitive window: Major-era items have a hard expiry on their relevance, and the 'final CS:GO Major' narrative will only grow stronger in hindsight. Valve is also routing 50% of sticker and capsule proceeds directly to the competing players, teams, and organizations, which is the standard Major revenue split and a genuine incentive to buy in early while the tournament is live.
New Skins & Collections
There are no new weapon skins, cases, or collections in this update — it is purely a Major support drop. What you do get are team stickers and player autograph capsules featuring the full Paris 2023 roster, available in paper, glitter, holo, and gold variants.
Gold stickers are the rarest tier and historically the ones that appreciate most aggressively post-Major, especially for players who go on to win or have standout performances. Souvenir Packages are also technically new to the market once the Viewer Pass is activated — each package pulls from the map pool of the match you select and features gold team stickers baked directly onto the weapon, making them unique collectibles rather than standard drops.
Champions Autograph Capsules will arrive shortly after the Grand Final and are worth flagging: these feature only the winning team's autographs, making them the scarcest capsule of the entire Major cycle. If you are not buying stickers speculatively, the souvenir weapons from high-profile matches — especially any that go to overtime on iconic maps — tend to carry the most long-term collector premium.
Gameplay & System Changes
This update contains no gameplay changes, no map updates, no anti-cheat patches, and no UI revisions. It is a content and commerce drop tied exclusively to the Major.
The only 'change' that affects active players is the availability of the Pick'em Challenge through the Viewer Pass, which adds a light engagement layer to watching the tournament. The Viewer Pass Plus 3 variant is worth noting for anyone planning to grind souvenirs — it front-loads three Souvenir Tokens immediately rather than requiring coin upgrades, which is a meaningful quality-of-life difference if you want packages from early-stage matches before the token earn rate catches up.
Market Impact — Trader's Take
From a trading perspective, the clock is the most important variable here. Sticker prices are almost always highest during the tournament itself and drop sharply in the weeks after — if you are flipping paper or glitter capsules, the window is tight.
Gold stickers and Champions Capsules are the exception: they tend to hold or appreciate over a 6-to-12 month horizon, particularly for legendary players or those who retire post-Major. The 'last CS:GO Major' framing is not marketing fluff — it is a genuine scarcity argument that will make this entire sticker set more historically significant than a mid-cycle Major would be.
Souvenir weapons from this Major deserve a second look too; CS:GO-era souvenirs will eventually be legacy items in a CS2 world, and low-float drops from marquee matches could quietly become grails. For existing inventory, this update does not directly pressure any current skin prices, but attention and liquidity flowing into Major items can temporarily soften demand for unrelated listings.
Hold your core inventory, buy Champions Capsules at launch before the market prices in the winner premium, and consider a small speculative position on gold player autographs for any MVPs who emerge from the tournament.
Official Patch Notes
From the official CS2 Steam blog — read on Steam
The BLAST.TV Paris Major begins May 8th. Who will become the champion of CS:GO's final Major?
Show your support for all of the teams and players with team stickers, player autographs, and the Paris 2023 Viewer Pass, all available for purchase now! 50% of the proceeds go to the players, teams, and organizations taking part in the Major.