We outsmarted CSGO cheaters with IdentityLogger

Would it be worth charging for CSGO? Or Counter-Strike 2, whatever the latest is? Because being banned by Steam ID might mean something if you have to pay $10 each time for the privilege.

They semi-charge, i.e. the new “Premier” league is gate-kept by a $15 charge and an XP gate that requires extensive playtime in their other game modes.

However, one can pretty easily buy a wholesale account if and when that happens and skip the time-money sink.

You do have to pay to play the ("prime") competitive mode. Sadly that doesn't seem to be much of a deterrence.

I used to believe this, but in Call of Duty you burn $40-60 a ban plus it was or is tied to a phone number at one point and that didn't slow cheating down one bit. It's ultimately why my group quit playing.

While the game is free, they do charge $14.99 if you want access to the ranked matchmaking called Premier. Sadly, the cost of entry is not enough to dissuade most cheaters it would seem.

But in that case I suppose you could pass around a disk, at least for physical. For digital-only I imagine it would be more expensive.

Well that's annoying. Perhaps they just aren't being detected?

Cheaters pay extra money to cheat. They are not price conscious consumers. They know what exactly they want (magic abilities in a specific playground) and are willing to pay to get it.

Price will never stop them, without at least gutting your legitimate market from being way too expensive.