Steam rises to 65 million active users, eclipsing Xbox Live

[Scoobes]

Lawlight said:

Pemalite said:

Lawlight said:

So, I am considered to be an active account even though I haven't used Steam for months now.

If you haven't logged in for months, then no you're not considered an active user.

The same can't be said about Xbox Live and the Playstation Network, they count everyone even if you haven't logged in for years, which makes Steams numbers even more impressive.

Steam logs me on start up so, yes, I am an "active" user. I just never use it.

You can disable the startup:

Setting>interface

Untick the "Run Steam when my computer starts" box.

Should save some system resources for you