Valve's Steam Hits 5 Million Concurrent Users

http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2012/01/04/valves-pioneering-gaming-platform-steam-hits-5-million-concurrent-users/

by FluidDjango • 15 years ago

39 12 15 years ago

I would love to know what comparative figures look like for the 360 and PS3.

latch• 15 years ago

somewhat related...quick googling suggests that SWTOR hit 350000 concurrent online players and that the chinese company responsible for WoW once hit 1 million.

macca321• 15 years ago

The Chinese company responsible for WOW? Who's that then?

cunac• 15 years ago

yeah and LoL has 1.3 mil concurrent players http://na.leagueoflegends.com/news/community-grows-32-millio...

jdk• 15 years ago

Though isn't that just people signed on to Steam at any given moment, not the number actually playing games? I have 3 computers that are generally signed on to Steam all throughout the day, none of which are playing anything.

citricsquid• 15 years ago

Yeah, this is people just logged in to the service (unique accounts online). At the time of this comment there are 3,066,704 logged in and just under 300,000 playing.

popisdead• 15 years ago

yeah i thinks it's normal a 10%, but still awesome numbers.

freehunter2• 15 years ago

Do you have three Steam accounts, or how do you sign into multiple computers with one account?

alimbada• 15 years ago

You can't sign into the Steam client on multiple machines. If you try to sign in at another location, you'll be signed off wherever you are currently logged in.

Maybe he means he's signed into the Steam website on three machines...?

Casc• 15 years ago

I think if they pull off CS:GO correctly it could bring quite a substantial portion of retired CS 1.6 players back online... boosting that number a bit.

Valve's Steam Hits 5 Million Concurrent Users

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