The Titan Holo sticker from EMS Katowice 2014 is notoriously known as one of the most expensive and coveted items in the entire Counter-Strike ecosystem. These stickers are priced higher than cars and houses, as each of them will cost you around $80,000. This is a mind-blowing amount of money for a bunch of pixels, not to mention they are stickers and not even skins.
You might be wondering, how on earth are these prices possible, but there are several reasons why Titan Holo stickers are worth such a fortune. In this article, we’ll go through the factors that lead Titan Holos to these insane prices.
Katowice 2014 Capsules No Longer Drop
The primary reason for the Titan Holo’s insane price tag is because of low supply, also known as scarcity.
The Titan Holo sticker can only be obtained through the EMS Katowice 2014 sticker capsules, and these capsules were only available for a limited time while the ESL One Katowice 2014 Major was ongoing.
The sticker capsules were only purchasable through the in-game client, and are no longer available after the Major ended. This means these capsules can no longer drop and do not exist in circulation.
The limited availability of these Katowice 2014 capsules ensures that Titan Holo stickers cannot be produced left, right, and center, and new Titan Holo stickers can only enter the market if they are unboxed from the remaining sticker capsules that are still in the market, and let us tell you that there aren’t many left!
These reasons lead to the conclusion that the supply of Titan Holo stickers are finite and always dwindling, which ensures that the prices for these stickers will only continue to increase the longer they are held.
Not to mention that there are two types of Katowice 2014 capsules, EMS Katowice 2014 Challengers and EMS Katowice 2014 Legends, and the Titan Holo sticker can only be found on the latter.
The Titan Holo Sticker Has Immense Visual Appeal
Just like most Counter-Strike skins and items, some Katowice stickers are more in demand than
others due to the visual appeal they put on the table. Almost every member of the community can agree that the Titan Holo is one of the best-looking stickers in the entire lineup of Katowice 2014 stickers, making them the most demanded sticker in the collection. With basic laws of demand, a high demand will increase the prices of the Titan Holo sticker.
One of the main reasons for the Titan Holo’s visuals is its mesmerizing holographic effect, which changes colors depending on the light. Holo stickers have become even stronger with the release of Counter-Strike 2, where skins and stickers react even better to lighting.
The striking blue hues coming from the Titan Holo sticker have made it one of the most aesthetically pleasing stickers in the game, even to the point where you don’t need to match blue on blue, since the Titan Holo looks amazing on any color scheme or weapon. That’s just how good it is.
On top of the visual value of Titan Holo stickers themselves, it is also worth mentioning that Katowice 2014 stickers are generally a fan-favorite already thanks to their borderless design. Katowice 2014 stickers were incredibly simple and borderless, making it very easy for players to apply to any weapon.
Most Major stickers in the game have circular or square borders, which can affect the aesthetic appeal when pasted on their skins since the stickers cover up unnecessary portions of the skin. Katowice 2014 stickers are as simple as they get – not distracting and get the job done.
Katowice 2014 Stickers Are The First Pro Stickers In The Game
If you know a thing or two about Pokemon trading cards, you will understand that the most valuable cards ever sold are all cards from Generation 1, including Pokemon like Pikachu, Charizard, and Blastoise. The same concept falls under Katowice 2014 stickers since they are the first of their kind.
The EMS Katowice 2014 Major was the second Counter-Strike Major followed by DreamHack Winter 2013. However, Valve did not implement team stickers in the former, making Katowice 2014 the first Major to ever release stickers.
Being the first group of team stickers in the game creates a special sentiment, just like the Pokemon cards example we provided above. This is why the general price levels of any Katowice 2014 sticker are higher than any other Major.
Additionally, the Katowice tournament was held in 2014, when CSGO had a relatively small player base compared to now. There were fewer players buying the time-limited capsules compared to any Major today, meaning the supply for Katowice 2014 stickers is much lower than it could ever be.
Titan No Longer Exists In Counter-Strike
Another key factor that drives up the prices for Titan Holo stickers is the fact that the Titan esports organization no longer takes part in esports – they’re long gone.
When you take storied organizations like Fnatic, Natus Vincere, mousesports, and Complexity Gaming, you will notice that all of these teams were present at EMS Katowice 2014, and are still active in the Counter-Strike scene today.
This means these teams will continue qualifying for Major tournaments and have more of their stickers printed for every Major they participated in. Meanwhile, if you take Titan, an organization that isn’t in esports anymore, we can conclude that no more of their stickers will be released into the game.
The non-existence of Titan creates an additional sense of nostalgia for fans who used to cherish its Counter-Strike team, especially when you consider that one of the most legendary CSGO players, kennyS, used to play on that team.
The Titan Holo Has Increasing Scarcity
Since the EMS Katowice 2014 capsules are discontinued and can no longer be obtained, there is no way the supply of Titan Holo stickers can increase, unless they are unboxed from the little remaining capsules available in the Counter-Strike universe.
However, we can conclude that the supply of Titan Holo stickers will continue to go down because some collectors will eventually begin applying the stickers onto weapons to create expensive and top-tier skin crafts.
We must remember that once stickers are applied onto a weapon, they can never be recovered from the weapon, so the sticker is as good as gone from the marketplace. It is inevitable that collectors will apply these stickers, so the scarcity of the Titan Holo sticker will only go higher and higher.
Since the supply of Titan Holo stickers will continue decreasing, the shrinking supply of unapplied stickers will never stop becoming more valuable.