Negev | dev_texture

Description

The Negev | dev_texture is a beastly gun, capable of laying down withering fields of suppressive fire to keep the enemy at arm's length. Mastering its wild recoil takes time and skill. This variant comes fitted with a custom paint job, with an eye-catching orange base providing a complementary backdrop to the grey developer textures, reminding one of the creative process behind bringing it into being.

History

The Negev | dev_texture first landed in CS2 on May 3rd, 2021, when it was added into the game by way of the Snakebite Case update. It was one of a kind because this skin, designed by the community designer emkay, brought new looks and visuals to the Negev weapon.

Origin

The Negev | dev_texture-skin for CS2's Negev machine gun was added along with The Snakebite Collection. It can be obtained through opening a Snakebite Case container. A pretty unique and noticeable design players will get when applying the dev_texture skin to their weapon.

Popularity

This Negev | dev_texture has gained immense momentum, with its popularity rating at 90%, and is among the hottest items in CS2. Indeed, such a high demand can be shaped by its daily sales volume and expensive market realizations.

Rarity

The Negev | dev_texture is a rather rare drop, since it happens to be one of 43 other Machinegun skins that are in existence within CS2. This skin has a Restricted rarity and an approximate drop chance of 15.98%, adding on to the overall rarity and desirability for collectors and players alike.

Availability

The Negev | dev_texture is an inexpensive skin, as it costs in a range of $0.16-$2.42. For such a price, a lot of players of different means can buy it. It is also quite popular if to judge by its accessibility: it's traded on almost all markets and is present in about 971.3K units in public CS2 inventories.

Versions

The float value of Negev | dev_texture runs the gamut from 0.00 to 0.65, which gives it a wide range of wear patterns and conditions. In addition to each of the exterior skins, there is also an available StatTrak version where players can opt to track their kills with this customized design.

Community sentiment

The Negev | dev_texture has sparked quite a high positive community sentiment, amassing over 1.7K votes on addskins.gg, with an average rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars. This has then been underpinned by the fact that this skin is popular among professional CS2 players like krimz, kennys, and fnx who have been known to own it.

Finish style

Negev | dev_texture in CS2 possesses an ultra-rare "Custom Paint Job" style coupled with a finish, namely the dev_texture finish, which allows for a wide variety of personalized looks in very bright colors. This particular skin features orange as its most dominant color, while pattern indexes do not affect the unique finish known as dev_texture.