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[Gowans]

A new record for Dota 2 and rising.

Dota 2 Peak Today 786,113

There is now also a queue to join the game

Thank you TI4 Compendium


Source: http://store.steampowered.com/stats/?snr=1_steam_4__110
Source: http://steamcharts.com/app/570#All
Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/257dv8/there_is_a_queue_to_get_to_play_dota2_now/

 

[Des0lar]

Hoooly shit


1million at TI4 coming

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Queue position? That's a new one.

 

[Wynnebeck]

The revolution will be Dotafied.

 

[jediyoshi]

For context, here's the rest of current rest of top currently played

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

 

[Armaros]

For context, here's the rest of current rest of top currently played

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

Civ and DS2 staying strong

 

[SparkTR]

Civ and DS2 staying strong

I can't believe how well Civ V is doing, it sold something like 6m copies and it's one of the most played Steam games four years after release. Who would've thought a TBS could achieve that.

 

[Nzyme32]

I wouldn't be surprised if we see 1 million at some point during the international. It's my first time properly watching the international and purchasing a compendium. Pretty impressed with all the stuff they are doing to make the experience as fun and interesting to be involved in as an ordinary viewer/player. It's got me motivated to try and get into the game a lot more

 

[2MF]

Queue position? That's a new one.

There's no queue on the Europe region right now. Makes me wonder if the queuing was always there and just didn't get hit often (or ever in recent times).

 

[tnaden]

There's no queue on the Europe region right now. Makes me wonder if the queuing was always there and just didn't get hit often (or ever in recent times).

It actually hit a cap for a few minutes. It was increased though and currently there are no problems. Not sure if that was an automatic system or someone on Valve upped it. First time seeing it too. Probably never hit it before.

Source: https://twitter.com/Cyborgmatt/status/465134717541822464

 

[kswiston]

I can't believe how well Civ V is doing, it sold something like 6m copies and it's one of the most played Steam games four years after release. Who would've thought a TBS could achieve that.

The humble bundle sale (and general sales) probably helped it's concurrent count recently. Civ has always been popular though. Maybe not 6M copies popular but Civ 4 sold at least 3M copies as well.

I'm more surprised with games like X-Com moving over 1M copies on Steam.

 

[SargerusBR]

Civ and DS2 staying strong

Yes, but more impressive is Skyrim still going strong.

 

[Grief.exe]

The humble bundle sale (and general sales) probably helped it's concurrent count recently. Civ has always been popular though. Maybe not 6M copies popular but Civ 4 sold at least 3M copies as well.

I'm more surprised with games like X-Com moving over 1M copies on Steam.

It actually is nearing 6 million sales

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/04/steam-gauge-addressing-your-questions-and-concerns/2/

 

[Mrbob]

It actually is nearing 6 million sales

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/04/steam-gauge-addressing-your-questions-and-concerns/2/

What is kind of crazy about that number is I don't think it counts the expansions. The expansions show up as DLC. Though I'm guessing most sales now are from the complete edition.

Goes to show how constantly improving a game can yield to great sales results. Civ 5 initial release was a little rough.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

Dat compendium.

 

[kswiston]

It actually is nearing 6 million sales

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/04/steam-gauge-addressing-your-questions-and-concerns/2/

Sorry, I meant that the pre-Civ 5 franchise wasn't 6M copies big. I would imagine that Civ 5 is the top seller by a decent margin at this point. However, the previous games were still big sellers.

 

[ashecitism]

Should have waited till 800k. Better milestone.

 

[syko de4d]

Does steamcharts count China players too? They use another client, or?

 

[Nzyme32]

Does steamcharts count China players too? They use another client, or?

It doesn't since the Dota2 in china does not use steam client or accounts

 

[ashecitism]

And it's the same in South Korea, right?

 

[BlackBuzzard]

When do the qualifiers start?

 

[syko de4d]

It doesn't since the Dota2 in china does not use steam client or accounts

So it could be way higher than 780k? Do we have any numbers from China?

Do we know how many still playing the original Dota worldwide?

 

[Nzyme32]

When do the qualifiers start?

May 12th is the first set of qualifiers, American Qualifiers to begin with according to the trusty compendium

And it's the same in South Korea, right?

So it could be way higher than 780k? Do we have any numbers from China?

Do we know how many still playing the original Dota worldwide?

I have to wonder now how current player numbers are calculated. Could it be done without a steam client or account to reference or is there some inherent system in the "Perfect World" client or server setup that reports this?

I did find this:

Take note that to activate an account for the Perfect World client requires a Chinese national id as proof of nationality so it is unlikely that players outside of China will be able to use this client.

 

[Des0lar]

So it could be way higher than 780k? Do we have any numbers from China?

Do we know how many still playing the original Dota worldwide?

My best guess would be about 5-8 million still

 

[fluffydelusions]

796k today so far