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Looks like Steam hit a new record for concurrent users
- Thread starter fluffydelusions
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Lol had more concurrent users than the entirety of Steam.
Felix Lighter
Member
You seem like a very level headed, unbiased poster. Thanks for the analysis of the situation.
1st Course
Member
Surpised he's still not banned.
spindoctor
Member
We caught a live console warrior in this here PC thread boys
League is a monster.
gregor7777
Banned
Well he shit up the thread but good.
ashecitism
Member
Maybe no one has reported him yet? Mods can't monitor everything. I would, but on phone atm.
LoL had 7.5m concurrent users at one point. Wad more than Steam's conc numbers. Game's big. Last reported active users were a bit less than 100m. Steam has a bit more than that.
It hit 7,5m concurrent users last January, and it was hitting 5 in 2013. 5-6 is the average concurrent for a normal day in Steam IIRC.
Yeah, early this year LoL had 7.5 million concurrent users. Putting that in perspective, steam only had that much of it's entire user base online and not necessarily in game. LoL is indeed a monster of a game.
OverturePT
Member
GreatestHits
Member
I'm not only shaking my head but also amazed that you are still following this thread. Just click on another thread, dude, perhaps you will learn to be a contributing poster and not just hop on here and vent
Why couldn't we have gotten this red flag from you on page 1.
Lethal_NFS
Banned
I have not posted in a while. Why quote me?
And I am a PC gamer, so I have every right to be here. Sorry I am not a fanboy though. I am just smart enough to realize that those exact days were caused by the hack on the consoles. Any idiot can see that.
I do not care about past spikes as this is only about Dec26-28. But you guys feel threatened and start to bring up old stats. Not sure why you guys feel so threatened.......
GreatestHits
Member
Fair question, GAF is either slow right now or something but a whole page of this thread didnt load for me. And thus I awakened you again. GG. Wish this dude would get ignored but he's dropping bombs so yeah
gtfo homie, just feel lucky we're not going to make you re-read your posts in 5 years LOL.
So can anyone explain not only the volume but why the top games are the top games? I feel out of touch with the PC crowd after seeing that list
Lethal_NFS
Banned
Its all good. I am not trying to start a PC gaming sucks war here. I am merely pointing the obvious of what happened on those 3 days. And why those spikes are so high.
I seriously doubt it would have happened if the consoles were not hacked.
Like in June for example ?
OverturePT
Member
Are you even trying to think? Past spikes were used and well used (Steam was having a sale then), also Steam is ACTUALLY having another sale now and it always attracts more people. Are you also aware that a lot of people these days spend more time at home? But surely it must be because PS4 or Xbox One servers are down.
Why the hell did I even bothered to write this anyway.
Is it? I haven't checked daily for a while but I remember 4-5 when I played everyday on summer. Nice to see these numbers. Shame it's still incomprehensibly far from the vastly inferior XBLA/PSN.
I'm just glad that a lot of people seem to have realized how great the PC is for gaming in the last years thanks to things like Minecraft, Wow, Lol and Steam. Hopefully the reign of overpriced games and scam practices like season passes, 14$ map packs, microtransactions in 60$ games and paywall for online brought by consoles comes to an end soon.
yeah man there's literally NO REASON the concurrent Steam user count should hit a high mark during the three days directly following Christmas, on a weekend
the only POSSIBLE explanation is that the numbers were artificially inflated by console outages
what else COULD it be?
the only POSSIBLE explanation is that the numbers were artificially inflated by console outages
what else COULD it be?
gregor7777
Banned
You guys are idiots if you don't agree with me. Get smarter guys.
Are we sure about that? It's hard to find recent numbers, but the only two recent numbers I found were from 2009. XBL hit its record at 2 million concurrent, Steam hit 2.5 million concurrent that same year. I wouldn't be surprised if PSN or XBL has hit higher peaks, but I don't think if they have, that they've done it often or consistently by particularly a wide margin, but as I said - it's hard to find recent numbers on that.
Ipsoclipso
Member
It really scares me how big of a game LoL is.
Putting it in perspective: there are more people playing LoL than there are people who owned a PS3!
Bro, I've inferred based your formatting that you're probably being facetious, but I mean, people don't even prefer to play on their PCs anymore. For serious, there's nobody as my junior high lunch table that even plays on PC. It's all Bone and Quadruple (lolz Wii U).
Thought for food.
What's baffling is that we can see the a bump on these dates as well with last year's numbers.
No doubt that SOME people came to Steam while their console was being hit, but to think that most if not all of that bump was purely due to the attacks is an erroneous assumption.
Past data people! It doesn't hurt to look at it!
GreatestHits
Member
GAF is slowly redeeming this thread
Will you do a reality TV show please? I think you might make a lot of money. Even as just a youtube sensation
Will you do a reality TV show please? I think you might make a lot of money. Even as just a youtube sensation
Lethal_NFS
Banned
Not sure how many times I have to say that I am only talking about Dec 26-28.
Am I done in this thread. You guys are clearly to blind to understand those dates were when the home consoles were hacked. It is baffling that so many of you fail to realize that those home console users booted up their PC's to play some online games.
Some people just don't have the brains to comprehend that though.
But ya, this thread is pointless anyways. Quote me if you want, I will not be in here to reply.
Am I done in this thread. You guys are clearly to blind to understand those dates were when the home consoles were hacked. It is baffling that so many of you fail to realize that those home console users booted up their PC's to play some online games.
Some people just don't have the brains to comprehend that though.
But ya, this thread is pointless anyways. Quote me if you want, I will not be in here to reply.
The irony is strong with this one.
Very classy to insult people in this thread though.
Sure buddy..
derExperte
Member
I don't believe you. I read that non-argument too many times on GAF from people who were clearly lying to justify their repeated shitposting and your general behavior fits exactly that well known pattern. It's almost the 'I have black friends' of gaming. But even if I did, it doesn't excuse calling others butthurt, blind, fanboys and idiots.
OverturePT
Member
Well, thank god. People tried to explain it and gave numerous reasons but you can't seem to figure it out. See you, and have a nice new year.
Good news and well deserved. Steam has been great all year long.
Its been the most fun I had with gaming since the early to mid PS2 era.
Very happy for Valve.
From the CSGO community hub:
Its been the most fun I had with gaming since the early to mid PS2 era.
Very happy for Valve.
From the CSGO community hub:
gregor7777
Banned
Get brains, blind idiots. Comprehend me.
From the CSGO community hub:
lol so true, about every competitive game
Seems clear what's going on here.
I have to admit, I really don't get the attraction behind CS:GO. It feels like a throwback to a time when FPSs didn't have the RPG elements (skill-trees and perks) that make the experience more varied and customizeable.
As someone who grew up in the Unreal Tournament 99 era and spent hundreds of hours playing that game, I don't think I can really go back to that kind of game (no skill-trees / perks). Once I got a taste of games like Borderlands, Payday, and Loadout (and even Brink despite its flaws), I never wanted to go back, other than for some nostalgia trips during LAN parties.
As someone who grew up in the Unreal Tournament 99 era and spent hundreds of hours playing that game, I don't think I can really go back to that kind of game (no skill-trees / perks). Once I got a taste of games like Borderlands, Payday, and Loadout (and even Brink despite its flaws), I never wanted to go back, other than for some nostalgia trips during LAN parties.
I will, just to prove a point
On those 3 days? Only? Those numbers have been met in previous weeks with the exception of yesterday (the record) consistently. Sales are the biggest Steam events and have always seen an increase in users of similar size. This is always focused on a Weekend. But lets forget, that, evidence, including the summer sale spike that was the previous record.
By your logic, as more console users are going online today since the situation has eased up, Steam numbers should be lower today right? Yet, looking at the chart right now, it is higher still than yesterday. It is already almost at 8 million.
That is actually because today is Sunday, peak time for steam users, the same as it is every Sunday. And again, the numbers are higher, because it is a holiday period and a sale - as it happens every year
350k concurrent on CSGO brings a tear to the eye. In a world of shit COD clones PC gamers still know what's up.
Not sure if trolling.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I checked and the 48 hour peak from the 23rd-25th was around 7.5 million before the console DDoS situation. So the spike we're talking about here is at most ~7-8% of the userbase (0.6 million spike on total 8.1 million users), and that'a assuming none of the spike is accounted for by natural cyclical growth over the Christmas holidays. There may well be a real DDoS-related traffic spike, but it's difficult to identify one if there is one because it's pretty small in magnitude.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
The proper competitive FPS died when those sort of things were introduced. CSGO is one of the few games that is competitively viable, and that's why people like it. Those sorts of things are good for some people not good for others, and given most of the FPS scene has been taken over by games with those elements, a lot of people were left without decent games that don't include those elements.
It's why Counter-Strike is one of the most popular eSports. Its a tactics and strategy heavy game that derives deep strategy and tactics from simple, basic mechanics (economy, movement speeds, sound, positioning, offensive and defensive strategies, etc), and mastery of those mechanics is a great thing to watch.
It's why, me, as a person who used to play a lot of FPS games - doesn't play many anymore. They've been ruined for me, there are no active, popular FPS games with a serious competitive play other than Counter-Strike at the moment. Hopefully the new Unreal Tournament adds to that.
derExperte
Member
Those additions come with a number of drawbacks though and the games you named aren't just CS but better, they're completely different. It's like comparing Spelunky with Metroid or something.
And as I already tried explained to Lethal_NSF, the numbers have indeed already been beaten, and will go up again over the next 2 hours. Currently at 8,175,548
But shouldn't they drop now that PSN/XBL are back online??
/s
