Wow, I ****ing hate when developers do this... They release a game then come out with DLC weeks later! Is this a joke? I already payed for it you greedy money-grubbing basta--
Oh wait, I forgot this was Valve, and shit is free.
Well the advertising budget was almost 3x as much and the extra shit we get for pre-ordering is about 3x as much so it makes sense that the pre-orders are 4x when you include the hype created by the first game.
I remember I used to frequent a LAN cafe before I got my own computer (about 6 years ago). I started playing CS during 1.5 and once 1.6 rolled around people bashed the hell out of steam (granted it was buggy and crashed sometimes.. but still).
I've always loved it and I'm glad it grew into...