How long does it take Major capsules to go on sale?
Topic: Major Stickers and How Long It Took for a Sale?
The Austin 2025 Major stickers were released on May 22nd, with the event concluding a month later on June 22nd. It took a record-breaking 84 days until the sale started, on August 14th. The capsules remained at full price for way longer than usual, leaving the community asking the same question:
How long does it take Major capsules to go on sale?
While there’s no official pattern or timeline, the Austin Major is the longest wait we’ve seen for a 75% discount on Major stickers. To put this into context, here’s a look at how long it takes for Major capsules to go on sale after the final game is played normally:
- Shanghai 2024: 31 days
- Copenhagen 2024: 26 days
- Paris 2023: 33 days
- Rio 2022: 31 days
- Antwerp 2022: 11 days
- Stockholm 2021: 22 days
A short analysis of the recent dates that Major capsules went on sale
What can we see when taking a look at the days that it took for Valve to put the capsules on a 75% discount after the final game of the event? Generally speaking, like with basically everything in Counter-Strike over the years, the wait time has extended.
From being in the range of 10-25 days during the Stockholm and Antwerp Majors, we have seen them release the sticker sale quite punctually around a month after the final game for the last four Majors.
From being in the range of 10-25 days during the Stockholm and Antwerp Majors, we have seen them release the sticker sale quite punctually around a month after the final game for the last four Majors.
What could be the reason for the delay in the Austin sticker capsule sale?
Honestly speaking, we don’t even want to try interpreting too much into the reasoning, as with a high degree of certainty, it’s just Valve being Valve. They got caught up with a few other bigger updates during the last weeks, like the 7-day-trade-revert feature, and also some gameplay updates.
With that, we expect them to release the sticker capsule sale once they have fixed any bugs caused by the new updates and features, and once they have time to implement it properly.
With that, we expect them to release the sticker capsule sale once they have fixed any bugs caused by the new updates and features, and once they have time to implement it properly.
Outro
That we didn’t yet see the Major capsule sale for the Austin 2025 capsules is nothing too crazy, just Valve being a bit late and focused on different things. Compared to the past, we have generally seen that the time between the final game and the sale happening has increased over the recent years, and expect it to settle around the 30-day mark for future events.
