Why set your computer to start up with Steam then? It doesn't do that by default
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Steam hits 9.5 Million Concurrent Users on 10th May 2015
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Why set your computer to start up with Steam then? It doesn't do that by default
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
I've been playing Civ V for about 20 years so I'm not shocked it's still up there.
This hasn't been the default option for new Steam installs in at least a year.
edit: I suppose you're joking. I've seen much worse from serious posts so I'll leave this.
metareferential
Member
I really wish other companies were confident/open/foolhardy enough to share this sort of data in the way Valve do.
We know more about Steam from the horse's mouth than we ever find out by hook or by crook from Sony, Microsoft, EA, etc. Hell, the console manufacturers sometimes refuse to even reveal sell in of their platforms (obfuscating it with their other products or divisions, etc.). And that's before you even consider the deeper data you can get with things like SteamSpy.
This is truly a golden time for hobbyist analysis of the PC gaming marketplace, or at least the biggest slice of it.
We know more about Steam from the horse's mouth than we ever find out by hook or by crook from Sony, Microsoft, EA, etc. Hell, the console manufacturers sometimes refuse to even reveal sell in of their platforms (obfuscating it with their other products or divisions, etc.). And that's before you even consider the deeper data you can get with things like SteamSpy.
This is truly a golden time for hobbyist analysis of the PC gaming marketplace, or at least the biggest slice of it.
You may be in the clear since the Dota 2 stuff isn't until August this time around. It probably will be in July.
The funny thing is League of Legends probably has more concurrent users than PS4 & Xbox One combined right now... And that's just one game.
ScepticMatt
Member
lol, from scalpers?
Daria Morgendorffer
Member
I was one of them, still playing Borderlands 2 after 2,5 years.
It would work for father's day, my dad is crazy about TF2.
Shareholders is the likely reason, Valve don't so doesn't really matter what data they release.
Netrunner2k2
Member
Hah, that's a good one. Always fun to see the sarcastic/funny posts in Steam numbers threads.
You can turn the auto start-up off.
I'm just gonna roll with the rest and assume this is a joke post.
nobodyshero
Banned
are those FFXIV numbers accurate for the game as a whole? That's really low
They are taking their sweet time with that stuff. Still hoping there is a game release for Source 2 other than that, sometime this year
Valve taking their sweet time? Blasphemer!
It's really impressive. Not many games or franchises can follow a path like CS has:
1) Small game made by garage developers
2) Rapidly becomes phenomenally popular, brought in house at Valve
3) Reaches a peak of popularity in the early 2000s with sustained success
4) Over the course of the next decade, the game remains very popular, but slowly fades from the limelight, as even the most successful games tend to do
5) In 2014 -- 15 years after its initial release -- sees a massive resurgence
6) Reaches to a new historic peak in popularity in 2015, still growing rapidly
That's a very unusual life curve.
FF14 launched as a standalone several months before it made it onto Steam, and Steam keys were never given to those who'd bought the game originally.
Also doesn't look like slowing down either...
Yep, just edited that in. It's still growing.
I think WoW is a great example of how incredibly popular games tend to work. I'm not sure any game is even close to WoW's success in terms of revenue in profit; it has generated billions and billions for Blizzard over the course of its lifespan.
It was a dominantly popular game in the mid 2000s, and remains very popular even today. But, as even the best games tend to do, it has slowly lost its luster, gradually shedding memberships over time. Not dead, by any means, but everything declines and there is no shame in the fact that WoW "only" has 7 million subscribers 10+ years after its launch.
Now imagine if, 4-5 years from now, WoW suddenly shot back and became more popular than it had ever been -- while still costing money, as CS:GO is not free to play. That's what CS:GO is doing right now.
But it's a MOBA.
If you compare CS:GO's growth to DOTA2, it actually has a very similar trajectory. Two games with over 1 million users seems inevitable.
Lanrutcon
Member
Warriors, come out to play.
Obliterator
Member
Yeah and the expansions won't activate for a Steam account if you have the standalone version. So it's a pain to use the Steam version if you already had the standalone cause now you have to buy two of everything forever to use both. I think most people just said screw it and stuck with standalone.
PandaPedinte
Member
And everyone knows that MOBAs don't count.
Combination of a few things happening at once.
The explosion began at the tail end of last generation where people became frustrated with just how far behind the 360 and PS3 became.
Both the PS4 and XBO aren't exactly making compelling cases for themselves in terms from both a technical perspective, but also games available.
Vigilant Walrus
Member
It's true. I was just in TERA this weekend. Lots of players.
It's a bizarre thing, but I am currently in Blade & Soul Russian Beta and Black Desert Korean Beta, and while they are visual improvements over TERA I am not sure if they are going to deaththrone TERA.
And you know what else is really popular still? Aion! Yes, Aion is doing really really well. The game has a massive international fanbase.
All of this surprises me because neither TERA or Aion gets a lot of coverage, but there are lots, and I do mean lots of people playing these games outside Asian territories.
I think in the case of TERA, it is weeabo-land. And Blade and Soul is going to take that to new levels. It is the most hyper sexualized video game I have ever tried.
Black Desert is not like that at all. It's much more stronger in a european medieval theme, but you can still smell the anime in the same way you could feel it in Kingdom Under Fire.
Vigilant Walrus
Member
Can we please get a Day of Defeat:GO ? Or a Vietnam themed:GO?
SilentMatthew
Member
Mount&Blade: Warband / mods is still hanging in there, barely.
GTAV has a little over 2,000,000 copies with with 170,000 concurrent playes. Makes you wonder what the number of unique people are that cycle through CSGO and DOTA2 everyday is
I've seen the store on base evolve over the last 4 years. They went from carrying nothing PC gaming related with only MacBooks and netbooks available to carrying the new ASUS console, Alienware Alphas, Gaming laptops from Toshiba, ASUS and Alienware, Gaming Desktop from different companies, PC Gaming peripherals. That's where I got my Swift ROG for so damn cheap. And this is a bunch of Marines buying this. It's really exciting.
They have a mountain of PS4s and X1s that never move. It looks like they trade them out with different boxed bundles when they come available. They don't even have the PS4 kiosk running. I'm sure they sell them... I just don't see anyone in the console area even browsing while I'm there.
texhnolyze
Banned
PC games don't count either, AAA games are the real video games.
Cut that 10 million to people who actually play AAA games.
/s
According to Steam Spy, looks like about 6 million and 9 million unique players over two weeks respectively.
SwordStruck
Member
I'm guessing this number would also count users logged into the phone app, which stays on in the background by default.
Ricky Ricardo
Member
You drank very deeply from the punchbowl it seems. You should have a seat and think about what you've done wrong here.
Angry Fork
Member
3 things got me to start playing csgo. #1 it being described time after time online as the most 'hardcore' fps in terms of skill required to become good, #2. watching streamers on twitch which allowed me to learn the callouts/general strategies before I played so I didn't have to go through too many growing pains while getting decent and it's also fun to watch, and #3 constant updates and the belief that the game won't be abandoned anytime soon for something new. (Or if it does it wouldn't be radically changed).
They should continue to embrace those things imo and it'll keep growing. I feel like people try the game out after being dissatisfied or bored by other mainstream fps' which tend to die out after a year. Its notorious reputation online as the shooter for "big boys" or "real gamers" etc. sets it apart I think.
They should continue to embrace those things imo and it'll keep growing. I feel like people try the game out after being dissatisfied or bored by other mainstream fps' which tend to die out after a year. Its notorious reputation online as the shooter for "big boys" or "real gamers" etc. sets it apart I think.