Over Seven Million People Were Using Steam. At The Same Time.

17 responses to “Over Seven Million People Were Using Steam. At The Same Time.”

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   trex

   December 4, 2013 at 6:11 am

   Awaits EAs usual theres a trillion Origin users reply

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   bigguss

   December 4, 2013 at 6:28 am

   Yeah but is Metal Gear Solid 5 coming to Steam?
   ^reasons to buy a PS4 and and Xbox 0ne

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   1. 

      gnomehunter

      December 4, 2013 at 8:42 am

      Always with the ” [insert overrated title here] is not on [gaming platform] therefore you miss out and [gaming platform of choice] is superior”.
      Seriously, people always say its about the games not the platform. Those people think money grows on trees. I’m happy with my PC, I don’t see a need for an overpriced computer which has limited function other than for gaming (You would call these consoles). As a result, I don’t follow console games and I’m never inclined to buy one simply because a handful of ‘exclusive’ games or ‘early releases’. That crap don’t work on me. So don’t go saying Steam/PC Gaming is limited because of a few games that aren’t released on it. Got similar comments when GTA5 was released, but you know what? I don’t give a toss about GTA5 or MGS5, I don’t feel I’m missing out on anything significant, and its cool if you think otherwise, but I really don’t care that neither are likely to be released on PC. Perhaps the devs/publishers might feel that they’re missing out on a lot of potential sales however…

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   2. 

      comban

      December 4, 2013 at 11:29 am

      Is that an argument not to have a PC, or a reason for some people to get a PS4 or Xbone?

      Because I would state it as an argument for the latter, rather than the former.

      The two are not mutually exclusive.

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         Markus

         December 4, 2013 at 6:01 pm

         ^this i bought a ps4 for infamous and MGS5, but pc is still my primary gaming station

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      brassafrax

      December 8, 2013 at 5:01 pm

      No it’s not.
      ^reasons to keep playing on Steam

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3. 

   zap

   December 4, 2013 at 7:02 am

   Pretty cool, but it’s had a decade to grow a userbase.

   The PS3 and 360 have about 80M installed each. I’m sure one or the other have topped this – without needing sales.

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   1. 

      ponton

      December 4, 2013 at 9:03 am

      Pretty sure there’s I read somewhere that steam has over 150 million accounts…
      Consoles may not have broken this record.

      note: I don’t know and CBF’d researching, if someone wants to for me I’d appreciate it 😛

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      1. 

         ponton

         December 4, 2013 at 9:13 am

         Decided to google anyway…
         No idea where I thought 150 million, was very wrong.

         Steam has ~65 million accounts.
         XBox Live has ~46 million accounts
         PSN has 110 million accounts (seems every PS owner has 1.5-2 accounts?)

         Edit: Spelling

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         1. 

            sabrescene

            December 4, 2013 at 11:09 am

            heaps of people have multiple accounts for different countries on the same PS3. Sometimes a game/demo is only released on the Japanese PS store, so you need a japanese account to download it for example. I think I still have a US PSN account because of some PSP DLC that Australia was going to have to wait a few months for, nfi what it was anymore.

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            1. 

               Wraith

               December 4, 2013 at 1:09 pm

               Pretty much this, both Xbox and PS have the ability to have multiple accounts on a single console. My partner can play games on her account and I can play the same ones on mine, but I know of friends who have multiple personal accounts to access different content.

               Steam on the other hand wouldn’t have as much of that happening. Not saying PC is the master race, but I would say if you talk about accounts Steam would be comparable to PS when it comes to unique users. Plus you still have the hold-outs that still don’t use Steam (they still do exist!)

4. 

   Femto

   December 4, 2013 at 7:56 am

   To be honest I did consider getting a PS4 but Assassins creed 4 looks great on my PC.
   Another reason I’ll always be a PC man MODS!

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5. 

   thatteemo

   December 4, 2013 at 8:00 am

   Whoops

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6. 

   thatteemo

   December 4, 2013 at 8:02 am

   It’s a shame that PC gamers takw that title to heart

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7. 

   ODEED

   December 4, 2013 at 8:23 am

   … and developers still can’t release all major titles on them.
   Can’t be much money to be made selling to the PC Master Race.

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8. 

   shodannet

   December 4, 2013 at 11:14 am

   Does that include people playing non-steam games?

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9. 

   ubersoldat

   December 4, 2013 at 6:35 pm

   Put WoW on Steam to inflate those numbers!

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