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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 24 February 2015

Dat install base keeps on growing! So sweet!

The downplaying in this thread is pretty funny though



                  

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baloofarsan on 24 February 2015

I do not own a gaming PC, but I have gotten the idea that Steam is mostly about these evergreens:

  • Dota 2
  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  • Team Fortress 2
  • Football Manager 
  • Garry's Mod
  • Civ

 

Why can these games not be on consoles too?



Squeezol on 24 February 2015
baloofarsan said:

I do not own a gaming PC, but I have gotten the idea that Steam is mostly about these evergreens:

  • Dota 2
  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  • Team Fortress 2
  • Football Manager 
  • Garry's Mod
  • Civ

 

Why can these games not be on consoles too?

That's not my impression at all. Sure, those are some of the most played games on Steam, but for a lot of people Steam is mainly just a hub to play a lot of different PC games cheap. And, well.. Team Fortress 2 is technically on Xbox 360, but it kinda sucks. :P



Alby_da_Wolf on 24 February 2015

I wonder how many actual users that figure translates into, but it's really awesome anyway, as it's just a fraction, although big, of total dedicated and hardcore PC gamers, which on their turn are about one third of total PC gamers (including the most casual and the least active ones)



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IllegalPaladin on 24 February 2015

Yeah? Well it's down right now and I was in the middle of my friggen Homeworld Remastered preload >_



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mornelithe on 24 February 2015
IllegalPaladin said:
Yeah? Well it's down right now and I was in the middle of my friggen Homeworld Remastered preload >_<

Hmm, strange, I'm logged in, ahh nvm, it looks like I lost connection for about 4 minutes.



Lawlight on 24 February 2015
Conina said:
Lawlight said:
Steam logs the user in by default. How many users actually go in a disable the auto-login? No idea. But I can see that there's only 6M users currently online.

Most 7th and 8th generation consoles also log the user in by default when you turn on the device. How many active users are on PSN, XBL or Nintendo Network each month?

How many concurrent users are the record on PSN, XBL or Nintendo network.

And Steam ain't preinstalled on each PC sold. You have to install it and open an account... so there are no "accidental" steam users who are counted.


Nopes, PSN does not log you on by default. And people do a lot more on their PC than use Steam. You could be browsing VGC but Steam counts it as you being on Steam. On the consoles, if it's on and you're logged in, you're most likely be using the network or gaming.

You can create a Steam account and never use - you'll count as an active user since it's in the tray.



Conina on 25 February 2015

All my playstation and xbox devices try to log in automatically when they are switched on and find an internet connection... syncing trophies, checking messages and friend requests, looking for updates, downloading advertisements which are shown on the homescreen of some devices...

I'm sure they count me as an active user for that, too.



sethnintendo on 25 February 2015
Ka-pi96 said:
sethnintendo said:

I blame Civ 5 (over 500 hours played).  I bet I'd have over 1000 hours on Civ3 but I only have 99 hours right now considering I had a non steam version of Civ3 for a long time.

Steam does have some incredibly addictive games!

Have you played much Beyond Earth?

Nope, I haven't bought that one yet.  I was going to wait for a sale perhaps at the end of this year.  I heard it was alright but nothing too spectacular so I was going to wait for price drop.  I've just played Civ 3, 4, and 5.



Lawlight on 26 February 2015
zero129 said:
Lawlight said:


Nopes, PSN does not log you on by default. And people do a lot more on their PC than use Steam. You could be browsing VGC but Steam counts it as you being on Steam. On the consoles, if it's on and you're logged in, you're most likely be using the network or gaming.

You can create a Steam account and never use - you'll count as an active user since it's in the tray.

Try tell that to my PS4 since it logs me in by itself the minute i turn it on O_o

That's because you've set it to do that.