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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 days ago

Steam Tops 43 Million Concurrent Players To Smash Another Record

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Steam Tops 43 Million Concurrent Players To Smash Another Record

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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 days ago
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Valve's Steam platform smashes records again, hitting a new all-time peak of over 43.5 million concurrent players and 14.4 million in-game users.
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  • NekoBeko@lemmy.world
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    Valve just offers such a good service with Steam.

    I first check Steam before buying a game anywhere else.

    GOG is a close runner-up though.

    • One2many@lemmy.world
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      Same, then I load the game I bought on GOG in steam for convenience.

  • benderbeerman@lemmy.world
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    Does that mean…

    Uh…

    Did steam just turn 43 million people into bottoms???

    • Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip
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      Impressive.

  • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    For good reason.

    • [object Object]@lemmy.ca
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      I’ve basically moved all my ps5 gaming to steam.

      I bought a DisplayPort to hdmi 2 adapter for my computer and the expertise got a whole lot better.

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    You’d think they could afford to knock that 30% cut down a little by now.

    • BlackAura@lemmy.world
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      They already do. I forget the numbers but once you’ve sold X copies it drops maybe to 20%? Then once you’ve sold Y copies (where Y > X) it drops even further, say like 10%?

      • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        So that only helps mega popular games and not small ones

    • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      That’s not how capitalism works. If anything, they should be increasing their prices because they have a stranglehold on the market.

    • bigbangdangler@reddthat.com
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      I legitimately don’t understand this argument.

      Can you elaborate why Steam is singled out for this? Something beyond “Steam bad”?

      • Almacca@aussie.zone
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        Because Steam is the company under discussion here. I don’t think Steam is bad.

      • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Pretty sure both apple and google have been targetted for this as well, in court cases brought by epic iirc.

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    How many more until Gabe can afford his next yacht?

    • arudesalad@piefed.ca
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      He bought the yacht company, what’s next? The sea? At least his money isn’t as dirty as most tech ceo’s money is (although it isn’t completely clean)

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