why cs was never popular in asia

saw this one guy coping about asia cs, so i'm gonna share why i'm not a cs kid growing up
this is one of the biggest mistakes of valve, not making CSGO free on launch.
Growing up, cs is that middle class to upper class kid game so when they invite other kids to play it, they don't have it. Because even when kids had the money to buy it, asians are just cheap man, why pay for a game when there's a free alternative and that's Crossfire or soldier front/special force for asian kids. The most cs i've played is 1.6 lan, running 1v1's on dust
at least that's how it was for me in PH how about my other asian brothers?

Emea can grow young talents to be good at cs because they have professional esports teaching and training organization in the very early days and with large viewership and fanbase while apac kids still hesitate to decide should he spends 15 bucks for a barely playable game because of hack and cheat.