Gamezone
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Steam sets new Record of 26,364,544 concurrent players
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EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Of course they do, player count is no problem for Steam.
ThisIsMyDog
Member
Years after years, CS still going strong.
Holammer
Member
Recently (past two weeks or so), it's getting common to get 100k users on the top 10 games, but today's numbers are insane. For some perspective, about four years ago it only took 40k concurrent users to guarantee a spot on the top 10 list, at this rate the cut-off point will climb up to 120k in no time at all.
What really baffles me is 133k on TF2, the game refuses to die! Apex's 180k makes sense as it just had an update/season, but TF2 had its last proper update back in October 2017.
Expect the record to break again next week when Steam China launches formally and it becomes easier for users to make an account (also more restricted, sadly) and the Chinese New Year kicks off.
Sentenza
Member
If anything I'd expect to see the numbers to fall down drastically by then.
Isn't people using the Steam China client going to be on a separate counter?
ScaryBrandon
Banned
Soon there will be more people online at Steam at the same time than total console owners. Nothing can stop the PC gaming hype train.
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Holammer
Member
Pretty sure they will count. We'll see in two days.
Gamezone
Gold Member
At least we're able to buy PC's, though some parts might be a struggle to find.
prinz_valium
Member
Chinese new year and worldwide lockdowns and carnival parties
Holammer
Member
You're not wrong, notice how we press F to pay respects, not whatever the corresponding key is on console controllers and COD sells just a small %age on PC.
Games not on Steam, or PC in general leave a weak memetic footprint. Remember all those hilarious Killzone memes? No, me neither.
LazyParrot
Member
Most of them? Sure. It's where most games are, after all. But all of them? MOBAs and digital card games were some of the biggest genres of the past decade, and they both rose to prominence outside of Steam. League of Legends was already massive by the time Dota 2 came out, and the less is said about Artifact the better.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
more 20 million prankster uncles and 6 million bots
Gamezone
Gold Member
Stop the pranking.
Null Persp
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Damn, so many grandmas with autologin.
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TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
I'm curious, does anybody knows which is the chinesse game on that picture?
Null Persp
Member
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Thanks! I read about this the other day, seems like the devs are looking into translate it to more languages.
Gamezone
Gold Member
Yes.
FranXico
Member
Only when you launch a game.
eyesabitdull
Banned
Good.
As much as I have no problems with EGS, Steam is just the better platform and I've enjoyed using it immensely.
As much as I have no problems with EGS, Steam is just the better platform and I've enjoyed using it immensely.
Gamezone
Gold Member
I think it's concurrent users, not in-game users we're talking about. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Sybrix
Member
It’s the perfect example of how solid gameplay can keep a game at the top
Holammer
Member
Yes, it's concurrent users logged into the client. The amount of players in-game is roughly 1/4 of concurrent users according to SteamDB. *But* the methodology is imperfect as they only count the top 600 games. With over 44k games on Steam, it's guaranteed to be higher. Many small streams make a big river.
Steam Charts and Stats · Concurrent Steam Players
High-resolution charts with concurrent player counts for all Steam games, including historic data and stats. View most played games on Steam. View Steam player counts.
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Bonfires Down
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Numbers from 2012 for comparison.
Edgelord79
Gold Member
Rust is still going strong. If there is a better game depicting the best and worst of gamers, I've yet to see it.
What a fun game though.
What a fun game though.
Guilty_AI
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Guilty_AI
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They gained a lot of traffic in Uplay by the the people avoiding Epic, so maybe they dont.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
What a silly comment. Take a look at just the Nintendo slice of gaming, you honestly think stuff like analogue controllers, N64 (3D graphics at home) or Wii (motion/peripherals) or Switch (handheld dominance) come from Steam? Laughable post there mate. Pull your head out. I can't remember the last time I had 2-4 people playing together around a splitscreen game on my PC but I do recall all of those on Ninty, Sony and Xbox.
Steam is a beast but it's far from the only show in town. One could also reasonably argue shovelware and incomplete games also largely originate from Steam's world. A little self moderation in your blind excitement for Steam would be nice.
Would you like to talk about Xbox and matchmaking with Halo 2 trends vs Steam? How about companies like Id or Sierra in the early days of PC gaming, there was no Steam to be found and many features of Steam are ports of those business models in fact. LAN parties started a few trends like esports, matchmaking, online gaming, portability etc etc etc.
ChuckeRearmed
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The hell people do with Counter Strike? Why it is still popular?
Last one I played was 1.6 and Source though.
Last one I played was 1.6 and Source though.
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Guilty_AI
Member
its sort of a confort zone for some people.
ChuckeRearmed
Member
When Steam expands in China...oh boy we will look at 50 mil. concurrent users soon.
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BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
I remember when Steam was just the app I launched so I could play Team Fortress 2. Doesn't even feel like all that long ago, either.
Remember back in 2012 or so when there were articles every month about how PC gaming was destined to decline in the face of mobile gaming, more powerful consoles, the coming streaming revolution, etc?
Remember back in 2012 or so when there were articles every month about how PC gaming was destined to decline in the face of mobile gaming, more powerful consoles, the coming streaming revolution, etc?
Kataploom
Gold Member
Steam is THE PC gaming basically... But mostly because they let devs sell their keys in other stores without having to pay Valve a cent so many people can buy in whatever third party store like Humble or Fanatical and get a Steam key.
I miss these gifs
Steam is THE PC gaming basically... But mostly because they let devs sell their keys in other stores without having to pay Valve a cent so many people can buy in whatever third party store like Humble or Fanatical and get a Steam key.
I miss these gifs
Gamezone
Gold Member
They also miss being of the front page on a client with 26 million concurrent users.
Soodanim
Gold Member
That's a short ass OP lol.
Screen for those who don't, or can't, click
Good for Steam, I hope we will see less store exclusives in the future.
Not only is Skyrim on both lists, but it’s more popular than the new MMO TES Online.Numbers from 2012 for comparison.
The effect of mods on sales.
A.Romero
Member
Do you know what's the reason for that sharp dip in 2020?
Holammer
Member
The large spike before the dip was the corona scare with lockdowns. It normalized towards summer, but growth continues.