The Most Expensive Skins In Gaming History

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  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 8 місяців тому +393

    To be fair, most animals that are discolored blue end up looking downright gorgeous, so I can get why it often ends up increasing their prices drastically.
    I wouldn't spend hundreds of thousands on a blue snake, but like.. I can get why someone would.

    • @yuviaro3511
      @yuviaro3511 8 місяців тому +3

      still less costly than pandas

    • @Okcool12569
      @Okcool12569 8 місяців тому

      Panda’s are expensive?,idk if that’s a good or bad thing to know

    • @destroyerswin8537
      @destroyerswin8537 8 місяців тому

      you commented twice

    • @purplehaze2358
      @purplehaze2358 8 місяців тому +4

      @@destroyerswin8537 ...Yes, very observant.

    • @Philush97
      @Philush97 8 місяців тому

      Yet if they were common thry wouldn't be nearly as interesting

  • @Marlock2199
    @Marlock2199 8 місяців тому +83

    story time:
    when i got lucky enough to unbox my first knife, it was a fact new Ruby Butterfly knife. It was sold for ~$15,000. It was enough to rebuild the engine for my car (pfp), build a brand new pc from scratch with all new parts, and put back in a ridiculous $8,000 into my cs inventory.
    thats pocket change when put against over half these items.

    • @paulsd9255
      @paulsd9255 6 місяців тому

      What do you mean put back? As in you spent less than 8k to get 8k worth of inventory?

    • @saai4life
      @saai4life 6 місяців тому

      ​@@paulsd9255he spent all of that money and still had 8k left so he put it in his balance to get more csgo skins if he wished to

    • @atg2624
      @atg2624 4 місяці тому

      He spent 8k on stuff for his inventory

  • @sniperboi3331
    @sniperboi3331 8 місяців тому +193

    if you ever have a gambling problem just remember, people gamble to get virtual hats that cost way more than your gambling debt.

    • @oswaldd2550
      @oswaldd2550 8 місяців тому +16

      If I gamble enough, I can get the hat and pay of my debt.

    • @beenguy5887
      @beenguy5887 8 місяців тому +3

      It doesn't matter how much they waste money, they will always be richer than me 🚬🗿

    • @LordRemiem
      @LordRemiem 2 місяці тому

      My favorite part is that I highly doubt there will be anyone able or even willing to spend that much, lol. And even if some arab sheik wanted to buy it... it's either a risky private deal or the Steam market, where your truckloads of money will be forever stuck in without being able to be used for anything else 😂

    • @themanthebat
      @themanthebat 2 місяці тому

      @@oswaldd2550 Thats a great way of ruining your life if you are not a millionare

  • @boros4925
    @boros4925 8 місяців тому +176

    Fun fact
    The horse armor dlc was supposed to be free but they just couldn't set the price of a dlc at 0

    • @thishandlefeaturesucks
      @thishandlefeaturesucks 8 місяців тому +2

      Why not set it to one cent then

    • @boros4925
      @boros4925 8 місяців тому +20

      @@thishandlefeaturesucks they set the price at the lowest possible

    • @paulsd9255
      @paulsd9255 6 місяців тому +5

      Why not a free update then

    • @CountlessPWNZ
      @CountlessPWNZ 4 місяці тому

      ​@@paulsd9255 because it was made as an add on, not an update to the game. they just made a pc add on and then just converted it to xbox. they thought nothing of it at the time.

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 8 місяців тому +236

    I think the reason the horse armor DLC caused such an uproar is because it was priced disproportionately to other DLCs; like, you _could_ spend $30 for Shivering Isles.. or you could spend a fifteenth of that on a purely cosmetic DLC that's hundreds or even thousands of times smaller.

    • @MMDAQ
      @MMDAQ 8 місяців тому +13

      It was also the first ever video game microtransaction, and look where that got us...

    • @Melficzeero
      @Melficzeero 8 місяців тому +6

      It's not purely cosmetic actually, it increases your horses health exactly like you would expect armor to do

    • @Nuniya0
      @Nuniya0 8 місяців тому +1

      @@Melficzeero what

    • @Melficzeero
      @Melficzeero 8 місяців тому +6

      @@Nuniya0 the horse armor in oblivion increases your horses health, what was I unclear about

    • @Okcool12569
      @Okcool12569 8 місяців тому +1

      @@MMDAQ I still don’t get why people are angry over this lol,it’s not like people forced them to buy those said micro transactions lmao

  • @MeatwadMeatwad
    @MeatwadMeatwad 8 місяців тому +108

    Item skins in video games have always seemed like a strange case to me

    • @C.A._Old
      @C.A._Old 8 місяців тому +1

      Mostly: These are so rarely you can found it your lucky chance...

    • @BadNameJackson
      @BadNameJackson 8 місяців тому +8

      I see what you did there.

  • @ImTheGuy
    @ImTheGuy 8 місяців тому +33

    "People really like the Color Blue"
    Walter White: You're goddamn right

    • @seva7500
      @seva7500 8 місяців тому +3

      Say my name….

    • @davisdf3064
      @davisdf3064 8 місяців тому +2

      ​@@seva7500
      Gordon, Freeman...

    • @seva7500
      @seva7500 8 місяців тому +3

      @@davisdf3064 You’re goddamn right.

    • @jiggy1752390
      @jiggy1752390 6 місяців тому +1

      Cause the Crippin

  • @johnlancaster2841
    @johnlancaster2841 8 місяців тому +32

    Interestingly, video games aren’t the only example of cosmetic versions of things being absurdly expensive. Magic: the Gathering I believe has set the record this year with the release of the Lord of the Rings set, featuring new card “The One Ring.” While a standard version will run you $50+, the creators of MTG made a one of a king version, with an exclusive art, written in Elvish, and with a serialized “001/001” on it to signify it truly is a one of a kind. This card was purchased by Post Malone for $2.6M.

  • @therealthermic
    @therealthermic 8 місяців тому +9

    20:50 you could fire heavy's gun for 12 seconds with that money!

  • @mitmatgames604
    @mitmatgames604 8 місяців тому +192

    Haven’t watched but I know it’s gonna be a certified THEWHAT classic

    • @C.A._Old
      @C.A._Old 8 місяців тому

      Mostly: These are so rarely you can found it your lucky chance...

  • @ZaxTheAl1en
    @ZaxTheAl1en 8 місяців тому +36

    Weapon reskins have always seemed like a strange case to me.

  • @Riadguy
    @Riadguy 5 місяців тому +4

    this is my weapon it cost a perfect AK-47 with the perfect wear and perfect pattern with the perfect sticker to fire this gun for 12 seconds

  • @WiseMysticalTree81
    @WiseMysticalTree81 8 місяців тому +14

    I've only ever encountered a golden pan in a casual server twice. On doublecross and 2fort. We all stopped and just stared at it for a minute before going back to murdering each other.

    • @k90v85
      @k90v85 8 місяців тому +4

      i was facestabbed es while invis on banana bay once

    • @Chimpin_
      @Chimpin_ 8 місяців тому +1

      i have never heard the words "only," "golden pan," and "twice" in the same sentence. How is 2 times "only"

    • @WiseMysticalTree81
      @WiseMysticalTree81 8 місяців тому

      The world works in mysterious ways.@@Chimpin_

  • @samuelantoniocastillomeza5034
    @samuelantoniocastillomeza5034 8 місяців тому +21

    Many of these things costing more than the good condition Metal Gear Solid figures I just bought or even a car is absurd, specially since the skins are digital only items.

  • @NormalThe7th
    @NormalThe7th 8 місяців тому +13

    I love how you kept bringing up the horse armour DLC to remind us how outrageously expensive this stuff js compared to something that got so much hate. How the times have changed , where a horse armour DLC that cost a couple of bucks got so much comlpaint to today, where people can willingly charge over 2million dollars for a blue knife so much more expensive than a physical one , and people will accept that reality

  • @BasedGrandmasKitchen
    @BasedGrandmasKitchen 8 місяців тому +12

    My ball python (her name is fang) has a stinky and smelly morph. It costs 1347 stinkillion vietnamese dong.

  • @gimmymorefood9938
    @gimmymorefood9938 8 місяців тому +20

    Let’s appreciate how much he talks about snakes at the beginning of this video

  • @dipmydots
    @dipmydots 8 місяців тому +22

    As someone whos into virtual skins i thought i would already know everything thewhat talked about in this vid.... today i learned snake trading is a thing

    • @chasethemaster3440
      @chasethemaster3440 8 місяців тому +1

      You didn’t know snake trading was a thing it’s fairly common knowledge I think

    • @olek2501
      @olek2501 7 місяців тому

      @@chasethemaster3440 it's really not I'm pretty sure

  • @donpollo3154
    @donpollo3154 8 місяців тому +22

    I feel like thewhat knows a bit too much about the snake trade. Is there something he isn't telling us?

    • @Chimpin_
      @Chimpin_ 8 місяців тому +6

      he is a snake trading cartel, but don't tell him who told you

  • @adamscottx
    @adamscottx 8 місяців тому +7

    correction the titan holo actually only goes currently to around $80,000 but they will probably go past the $90k mark eventually

    • @jihnfps
      @jihnfps 7 місяців тому

      no the cheapest one is 91k on buff163 right now but if you live in america where you cant use buff the cheapest one is 100k

  • @kahonk269
    @kahonk269 8 місяців тому +14

    This guy never misses. Except for when he gets put into little mason jars.

  • @kikilles_
    @kikilles_ 8 місяців тому +18

    im loving the direction with these recent videos of yours. and also, it's awesome to see you improve at doing them as time goes on. it's like an actual physical thing you can measure as you watch these videos.💜

  • @Lategum
    @Lategum 8 місяців тому +5

    The reason that Poisoned shadows antlers is "worth more" than the burning TC is a price anonaly and price manipulation. The burning is the still by far the most desired hat, especially the clean one. The duped is still the most sought after hat that is not "desireable" I own 5.

  • @jadsoncaua5939
    @jadsoncaua5939 8 місяців тому +7

    Weapon reskins have always seemed like a strange case to me

  • @MosheGames
    @MosheGames 8 місяців тому +6

    Holy shit, finally a video that mentions the pink war dog, so many most expensive skin videos forget it. Also there are even more expensive skins in Dota that are bugged to have two unusual effects, but they're only traded on third party markets, which makes it difficult to find definitive price data.

  • @joshiemah
    @joshiemah 7 місяців тому +6

    came here from ohne's reaction, this video is incredibly underrated

  • @theinfinium3247
    @theinfinium3247 8 місяців тому +2

    THE MOST EXPENSIVE virtual item is "planet calypso" from "entropia universe", this planet which was dedicated to michal jackson was purchased for 6 million real life us dollars...
    However as its technically not a cosmetic it doesnt count for this list.

  • @attilaberdy9728
    @attilaberdy9728 8 місяців тому +2

    AMAZING VIDEO!!!!
    Great start to the video, i think you set the stage REALLY well in this one.
    LOVE YOU THANKS FOR THIS!

  • @whyareyoulookingatthis236
    @whyareyoulookingatthis236 8 місяців тому +5

    Its cool to see you branching out a bit, im loving the content!

  • @C.A._Old
    @C.A._Old 8 місяців тому +2

    *22:47** Yeah Me Too. thats why people Love Blue Color so muchs. :-)

  • @hotpotato2804
    @hotpotato2804 7 місяців тому +1

    This video is so well made and by far my favourite ”most expensive video game skins of all time” video.

  • @user-ng2mx5mn4g
    @user-ng2mx5mn4g 8 місяців тому +2

    16:52 pronunciation of Katowice is so cute here

    • @TheWhatShow
      @TheWhatShow  8 місяців тому +3

      I looked up how to pronounce it and google lied to me

    • @SomeYTpersonidk
      @SomeYTpersonidk 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@TheWhatShowdamn

    • @user-ng2mx5mn4g
      @user-ng2mx5mn4g 8 місяців тому

      @@TheWhatShow Hahaha ^^

  • @Youngy
    @Youngy 7 днів тому

    Using Sticker Star music at 17:00 while talking about stickers is clever asf

  • @SourceSpaghetti
    @SourceSpaghetti 8 місяців тому +2

    Imagine declaring a gun that looks like shit over a million dollars because it has funny numbers.

  • @grubasekpl9254
    @grubasekpl9254 8 місяців тому +3

    Wouldnt be surprized if the blue gem thing might have been broken in the cs2 update

  • @Doom_State
    @Doom_State 8 місяців тому +2

    An unusual isn’t the rarest a strange unusual is the rarest

    • @mauromoura4439
      @mauromoura4439 8 місяців тому

      I Think it would be a collector unusual

  • @patrickplus9815
    @patrickplus9815 8 місяців тому +4

    But what if the snake dies

  • @Leszczomen
    @Leszczomen 8 місяців тому +4

    Whoa, the wraparound at the end with comparing the knife to the snake... it's like poetry, it rhymes. thewhat finally achieved the george lucas level of directorial skill

  • @Wet_Deer
    @Wet_Deer 8 місяців тому +3

    The most expensive virtual item I have is the Australium rocket launcher from tf2. Worth about $110. Got lucky playing MvM

  • @boomerpatrol2838
    @boomerpatrol2838 8 місяців тому +1

    the fact the guy said 1.2 mil was too low for that knife i would say is artificial inflation. its the owner that sets the price and they could set it to whatever they want.

  • @partpaalaroos3774
    @partpaalaroos3774 8 місяців тому +1

    I love how thewhat kept bringing up the horse armor dlc.

  • @paulsd9255
    @paulsd9255 6 місяців тому

    18:13 “Let’s talk about Gems.”
    *”Troubles Always Inbound” (Stealth) from the Reservoir Dogs Heist in Payday 2 ensues*

  • @Huge_M
    @Huge_M 7 місяців тому

    6:12 THR FINAL BROFIST

  • @mikewzowske
    @mikewzowske 4 місяці тому

    3:34 bro is really trying to get his viewers to get caught in 4k

  • @Valentine-Best-of-all
    @Valentine-Best-of-all 8 місяців тому

    13:10 the street fighter 3 Akuma theme. You're a real one.

  • @zeebaka
    @zeebaka 8 місяців тому +1

    shoutout to stinky feet gaming at 8:26

  • @Gladlaks7373
    @Gladlaks7373 8 місяців тому

    1:50 "there's no need to be violent"
    "By the nine divines! assault, assault!"
    "wolawolawola"

  • @CharaGonzalez-lt7yw
    @CharaGonzalez-lt7yw 8 місяців тому +2

    I miss the wacky stuff from the old halloween updates

  • @paulsd9255
    @paulsd9255 6 місяців тому

    I think I now know where crapto NFTards got their inspiration for digital scarcity and high value wasn’t taxes, but I think they forgot the part where people already likes the game and the rare desirable skins came after.

  • @malif1279
    @malif1279 8 місяців тому +2

    He never misses, the absolute legend!

  • @C.A._Old
    @C.A._Old 8 місяців тому +1

    *Mostly: These are so rarely you can found it your lucky chance...*

  • @LHGeee
    @LHGeee 7 місяців тому

    That snake comparison in the beginning was a pretty good hook :)

  • @taczki2
    @taczki2 3 місяці тому

    The fact that you used "Trouble always inbound" when talking about diamonds is awesome

  • @kalatre
    @kalatre 6 місяців тому

    Hey, there is a whole scene about capes in Minecraft which hasnt been touched at all. I talk about minecons(cape skins) and special names. These can go upwards of 100k and more

  • @Superwaffle-ez9ct
    @Superwaffle-ez9ct 8 місяців тому

    got my first unusual on tf2 recently for 11 keys and this reminded me how far the rabbit hole goes

  • @xenostra
    @xenostra 8 місяців тому +1

    Tbf the horse armor did upgrade the heslth some

  • @NOnothiiiin
    @NOnothiiiin 6 місяців тому

    So I just found something, there's an item 3x more than the Blue Gem Karambit and the thing I'm talking about is from the game Entropia Universe and the Planet Calypso being at $6 MILLION

  • @myorangesarenice1122
    @myorangesarenice1122 8 місяців тому

    0:02 snake jumps scare

  • @AugustTheNinjaGR360
    @AugustTheNinjaGR360 8 місяців тому +1

    Very good video 10/10. You are my favorite TF2 content creator by far.

  • @bokoura
    @bokoura 8 місяців тому +1

    Horse armor isn't actually purely cosmetic. It raises the horse's health.

  • @absorbshark
    @absorbshark 3 місяці тому

    I have a phobia to snakes… I didn’t know that I would generally be scared of this video

  • @kirb1430
    @kirb1430 8 місяців тому +2

    wow! this video makes me shake with dedication to gambling! thank you TheWhat!

  • @lambdaguy7918
    @lambdaguy7918 23 дні тому

    That snakes got a blue gem pattern

  • @eshleyyy
    @eshleyyy 8 місяців тому

    I could also add a little bit of my own nerd obsession here aswell. In minecraft, there exists a server - the biggest minecraft server - Hypixel. And on that server, there exists a minigame - the biggest minecraft minigame - Hypixel Skyblock. Way back before november 2019 (the game was released june that same year) you could dye most of the armors with regular minecraft dyes. In november a patch came out that fixed that bug, but all the colored armors retained their unique appearence. Four years later some of the most highly coveted armors fetch prices in thousands of dollars, for a virtual set of armor, inside a game, inside a game. Insanity!

  • @nwefie_
    @nwefie_ 8 місяців тому +1

    Great video. if i could have my memory wiped, I would watch it again.

  • @Franwow
    @Franwow 7 місяців тому +1

    Knifes in CSGO/CS2 are actually not the rarest unbox in the game (yes, even a stat track knife isn't as rare).
    Some containers, like the Anubis collection, they don't have knifes in them, and instead, their red item ends up being rare than a stat track knife.
    (This is not putting into account extra variables such as pattern, knife skin, type of knife, wear/float, or other stuff).

  • @KokkoroKai
    @KokkoroKai 8 місяців тому +1

    That ak does look hella nice though

  • @ADHDmeds
    @ADHDmeds 7 місяців тому

    amazing video please do more like this

  • @putslol8824
    @putslol8824 8 місяців тому +1

    to be fair, the color blue is really cool

  • @Iron_Soil
    @Iron_Soil 8 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for snake trading lesson

  • @communistzetenski3702
    @communistzetenski3702 8 місяців тому +1

    The absolute fucking gall of that person to turn down 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS for a video game knife is INSANE mf you should’ve ducking taken it!!!!!!!

  • @AdawaShiwani
    @AdawaShiwani 4 дні тому

    Imagine being wealthy (most likely stupid) enough to reject 1.5 million usd to give some pixels on a screen. It that was me, i’d do it in gamma ray blast

  • @wil3216
    @wil3216 2 місяці тому

    ahhh yes the good old horse armour index

  • @quincy5967
    @quincy5967 7 місяців тому +1

    in overwatch, silver and gold coin things are different. silver are free and u get them by playing the game and gold u get from the battle pass or by buying it

    • @quincy5967
      @quincy5967 7 місяців тому +1

      the gunbuddy was in silver coins

  • @Liger_Soba
    @Liger_Soba 7 місяців тому

    Actually there’s something triple the price of that karambit. In the game Entropia Universe, there was a planned called Calypso. I have no idea what was the crazed about it, but apparently it was owned by someone and they sold to someone else for about 6 million dollars. 💀

  • @theniblet6764
    @theniblet6764 3 місяці тому

    Is the music in the TF2 section from bomberman?

  • @isaagamerplays
    @isaagamerplays 2 місяці тому +1

    Absolutely beautiful video.

  • @velconx15
    @velconx15 8 місяців тому

    Have watched so I know it's a certified TheWhat classic

  • @robopatloc
    @robopatloc 8 місяців тому

    20:47 with that money you could fire heavy's wepon for 12 seconds.

  • @Zyxu1
    @Zyxu1 8 місяців тому

    Saw the dominus, and was hooked right in

  • @jaycgaming2606
    @jaycgaming2606 8 місяців тому +1

    I don’t even think the blue gem knife skin is that good looking, so there’s no way I’m spending my organs in it

  • @ajk47
    @ajk47 7 місяців тому

    I know you corrected, but if one day a st fac new 661 does get unboxed it will probably outprice the karambit or be roughly the same. That day would make cs history

  • @Lowmi778
    @Lowmi778 7 місяців тому

    0:04 counter strike market explained

  • @carsonthenorthcaroliniante7635
    @carsonthenorthcaroliniante7635 8 місяців тому +1

    Idea: 1000 kills with sandman and( optional ) criticola,cleaver,bonk, and

  • @purpletea7933
    @purpletea7933 8 місяців тому +1

    Another the what's show classic

  • @s-khan
    @s-khan Місяць тому

    Blue, is the nature’s rarest colour.

  • @Whomobile
    @Whomobile 8 місяців тому

    Dominus Frigidus sounds like some Warhammer 40K special unit

  • @user-pk2ev2fe9t
    @user-pk2ev2fe9t 7 місяців тому

    I know the concept of “the next biggest fool” in finance, but this is new

  • @No-ll3mh
    @No-ll3mh 8 місяців тому +2

    that roblox skin looks exactly like what you'd expect. what looks cool to a 12 year old

  • @IvanTishev-xf9bh
    @IvanTishev-xf9bh 5 місяців тому

    I have played overwatch 2 a little, and i have to say, that the gun buddy information is false, because the gun buddy costs currency that you get by playing the game, unlike the other currency that you actually have to spend money on. :)

  • @Astrosk1er
    @Astrosk1er 8 місяців тому

    12:17 I can believe it there's a whole ass stock market for limiteds.

  • @veryrealdrdog
    @veryrealdrdog 8 місяців тому +1

    snake blue gem💀💀💀

  • @pringless9982
    @pringless9982 8 місяців тому

    the final brofist??? I WANT MORE BROFIST THEWHAT

  • @kenedy2583
    @kenedy2583 7 місяців тому

    Absolute banger of a video

  • @user-vp6my3nt6r
    @user-vp6my3nt6r Місяць тому

    "FINAL BROFIST" I FOUND IT

  • @Snaccubus99
    @Snaccubus99 8 місяців тому

    I'd rather take the stock karambit with no skin rather than that tainted blue mess. Fuck the 2 Million.

  • @cat_hamburger
    @cat_hamburger 7 місяців тому

    Time to go snake hunting

  • @rpg247a
    @rpg247a 8 місяців тому

    Has anime profile picture: rejects a 1.5$ offer for a freaking video game item.
    Yep, seems about right.

    • @rpg247a
      @rpg247a 8 місяців тому

      Edit: 1.5 million dollars.

    • @crumblly6505
      @crumblly6505 7 місяців тому

      no he's smart with that it's the only one in the world not selling it for 1.5 will rase the price

  • @beenep5029
    @beenep5029 8 місяців тому

    TheWhat? More like what the fuck it’s 12:01 am I can’t sleep

  • @holocene9953
    @holocene9953 8 місяців тому +2

    w vid, although the ST FN 661 AK doesnt exist yet so a touch of misinformation there unlucky

    • @TheWhatShow
      @TheWhatShow  8 місяців тому +1

      I added an editors note, didn't catch I wrote fac new till I was already editing