Hes a top 5 cs player lol really now?
Prize money is insignificant compared to the revenue generated from sponsorship, viewership, betting, merchandise, etc.
Example: Sticker sales of PGL 2021 broke previous records, as per Striker. And previously, sticker sales recorded over 22 million in the last major, 2 years back. This major broke that. And that's just stickers. Skins and souvenirs make more money than stickers. And we didn't even get into sponsorships, viewership contracts, merch sales, brands sponsorship for individual teams and players, huge betting market, etc. 2 million prize money is peanuts compared to that. Similarly for EPL.