“CS:GO will not be giftable during the sale,” Valve’s Ido Magal explained via Reddit.
Growing the community is certainly one aspect of this decision, but not allowing giftable copies has many other benefits as well.
“Our goal with sales is to grow the community and historically, during sales, the new users that stick around are mainly the ones that purchase copies for themselves.”
The goal is to grow the community Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is currently part of Steam’s summer sale; you can purchase a copy of the game for $7.49 instead of the normal price of $14.99.