Damn...Concurrent Steam Users count reaches 7.5M

The fact that you´re assuming a random number for BF4 PC invalidates that argument,in fact it seems that it´s the version with most peak players of all versions of the game,I´d bet it sold at the very least twice as much as you said it did,not to mention that just looking at past BF games,the PC version of BF BC2 was according to Dice the best selling version of the game and BF2 sold over 11M copies on the PC.

Now adding to this the fact that if you buy BF4 through origin like most people do,the profit is 100% to EA/Dice,while the console versions through retail(where they sell by far the most) only bring around 30% revenue for the dev/publisher,so even if the console versions had sold say,twice as much as the PC version the PC version would still be overall making more money to EA/Dice.

Not to mention that on top of all this,you´re quoting vgchartz.

Of course, the argument is consoles vs pc profits. Always been like that.

Listen I don't care if you believe it or not, do your own research, I got nothing to gain either way.

PS- In steam top 50 sellers (action) only one game is full price atm, COD. Meanwhile ps3+4 and xb360+1 users are still buying everything full price in the millions.

@k1ngd0m4g3rul3z:

Assuming random numbers for PC made your argument invalid anyways.

PS. No shit its the Christmas holiday sales when hundred of games and the ones at full price are on sale

Here's Bf4 player stats, from this very forum itself http://www.gamespot.com/forums/system-wars-314159282/battlefield-4-player-stats-consoles-dominate-31005623/?messageId=341976279&page=2#js-message-82

Also keep in mind BF4 is a unique case, with EA doing everything in house on pc side, dev+publish+store owner.

Steam gets a 30% cut on games for instance.

I gave ya a 70% bonus over VGcharts' stats. You want 80%? 90%? 99.9%?

Also, this might be sort of a circular argument, but why would developers treat PC like an ugly redhead diseased stepchild if profits were higher ? Mhm?

I linked a thread about concurrent online users, if that's good enough for ya.

If you jack***** care so much about precise numbers go on Origin and check the stats. Yeah I know it's harder than spouting random memes on a forum, but ya can do it.

You're the one who brought up Steam as proof, what period were you talking about? Do you have any proof you so eagerly request from others about what you claimed then?

But hey congrats you "win" the argument!

Ok guys pc is the most profitable Platform ever, all devs are rushing to develop on it, no way in hell it only gets indies and badly ported multiplats, no no no sir.

@k1ngd0m4g3rul3z:

Those stats are pointless when they changed constantly

https://www.facebook.com/BF4Stats?hc_location=timeline

on November 1 it showed the pc peaking 140k

@k1ngd0m4g3rul3z:

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/steam-top-ten-sellers-chart-october-20-26/0123268

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/steam-top-ten-sellers-chart-september-8-14/0121075

there are more from this site lol

And are you linking to that thread lol

Yea you mean the better version of nearly all multiplats hmmmm

I havent played in months due to zero content updates, never played GW1, so I went back to lotro

wouldn't be surprised, if you don't like or tired of WvW there's absolutely nothing to do

Activision confirmed 1.4 million simultaneous MW 3 players.

What a huge letdown 2 was. I mean they fucked up so bad.

But that´s not most now is it? That´s less than half.

And let´s see a link as well just to make sure.

fuckedup isn't enough to describe how fucked the 2 is. the best part is that in 16 months instead of getting better it got worst, waaaaaaay worst. the team in charge of this game are as braindead as it gets

Then again digital sales are more than twice as profitable for publishers.

You said 500k and I proved you wrong.

You typed words but didn´t show any proff,show me a link.

Here´s a link for you of League of Legends and it´s 5 MILLION concurent record,so League alone has more concurrent players than the entirity of xbox live,in fact if we add psn I bet it doesn´t beat those 5M still,just to remind you that when you or anyone talks of steam against one of the console services,remember that steam is only one of many places that people play PC games,if all PC games out there were all on steam and steam was required to play all of them like the consoles do with their games,then the count would be a massacre.

Also,those peaks on xbox live happen during the course of a day or two max and then they go down exponentially,while steam maintains these high numbers about every single day throughout the whole year,and again,that´s steam alone and not the entirity of the PC online market against the full console market,now that´s some impressive shit right there.

Sad ? I think it's great that PC gamers don't move on to the next big thing every time it comes out and actually have a community for games. On consoles a game's multiplayer dies when the next game in the franchise comes out, now that is sad.

Google it.

A free game has more users than a paid service for paid games? No, can't be!

One game has more players than a free service that sells 3 decades worth of games? No way! Wasn't being sarcastic this time.

Ahh system wars...

PC gamers providing links and facts and console fanboys providing randomn made up numbers and unproven opinions.......Say it aint so.

This usually never happens.............................

@naz99:

Fact:PC panhandlers don't like their games, so resort to begging for console ports.Keep on beggin'. :)

http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/rockstar-release-gta-v-on-pc

I don't see the point in that petition, it will come to PC regardless, and will be by far the best version.

funny though. there are more people playing DoTA 2 than have signed that petition right this second. let along WoW or LoL or WoT or any other games like it. that 600k is a tiny fraction of pc gaming. console peasants like yourself won't know because all you play is shooters and sports.

7.5m people in a entire world of 7 billion isn't a lot. And how many of those people were online just to play free games like DOTA2? Or how many of those people were playing it just because of 1 or 2 games they had?

Not to mention a lot of gamers leave their PC's on. So just having steam running and not even being home or playing a game counts you among one of those people.

World of warcraft had over 11 million people playing at once at one point and it was just one single game.

Im not impressed because it doesn't really mean much when you look at the nuts and bolts of it.

@MBirdy88: all I play is shooters? PS3 released the most diverse number of exclusives this year alone, than any other system. All PC panhandlers play are mmos and rts...until they petition for say....Dark Souls for example. Keep on beggin. :)

10 hour movie games... fantastic variety.

PC gamers dont like having to dust off their consoles to play a game at low res and 30 fps.

And your proof that a PC gamers created that useless petition instead of some moronic consolite fanboy is where?

That just illustrates what people want in games. It certainly isn't fancy graphics and cinematic experiences.

Pc games never seem to die like console games do.

That is still higher than xbox live ever achieved. Also Wow had 12million subscribers not playing simultaneously

When you look strictly the gaming world then yes that is impressive

7.5m concurrent users is just how many people have Steam on. I never turn Steam off. It's always running in the background. But yes the sales, which have been amazing again this year, is he reason for that spike. It's usually between 3-5 million.

Man, the lines between PC and consoles are blurring so much its crazy. I mean, I can hook up the PC to the TV and play games using a 360 controller. It's the definition of console gaming.

Whats your point, i never turn steam on unless im using it it is also turned off if im using another service like origin when my pc is not being used its turned off and so is steam.

Whats with everyone one trying to come up with crap excuses to justify the numbers, 7.5 million is awesome its way more than either console and its only gonna get bigger.

And the usual numbers are usually between 5-7 million not 3 to 5

Oh no the piratez!

I was saying this from the first month yet got raped on the pc board.... sigh. FOREVER ALONE.

I hate to be cynical, but my laptop auto-logs in to Steam when I do work, do I count as one of the concurrent users?

Holy crap, Left 4 Dead 2, next-gen!

Make sure your GTX Titan which you paid $1,000 for at the time is running that game on ultra!

I would rather play Quake 3 live than Killzone shadow fall.

would rather play mario kart 64 than forza 5.

you console muppets and your peasant movie games are the ones obsessed with graphics.

I believe so. That also goes for console owners who sign in just to watch a movie or BBC iPlayer etc.

Yeah I was thinking that this would count some PS3 logins too right?

How many services can console owners login to? Is it more than one or are you forced to use XLive or PSN only? I think that if PC were the same (heaven forbid) that the numbers would be staggering how many concurrent users there. However since the nature of the beast is to allow for more freedom (and not even use an online service) it's impossible to tell how many are really out there and it makes the numbers look very small.

i was saying that on the official forums since month 3 and got perma banned there so lol