Some of the reasons why CSGO in Asia doesn ' t grow 1 . CSGO is a buy to play game . Asians don ' t like stuff that are not free . 1 . 6 is also a B 2 P game but you could find plenty servers which allowed pirated versions so it was essentially free to play . 2 . A large number of computers so outdated they can barely run League , in China specifically which has the biggest player base . Imagine those computers playing CSGO . Those who have better ones Singapore , Malaysia , Thailand , etc . , doesn ' t have player bases as big to find good players . 3 . Asian parents ' mentality in general does not conceive games as a job , and will force their children to drop the game to study . You know the stereotype , also watch hyhy ' s story in Free to Play . 4 . Koreans and Japaneses , who often has better gaming ethics , doesn ' t really play FPS . Koreans prefer strategic games SC , League and in Japaneses ' case , it ' s fighting game like Street Fighter , Guilty Gear , BlazBlue , etc . and eroge .