Over 5 million concurrent Steam users online right now

It's down to 3.3 million now... PC is dying (again) right before our eyes! :cry:

It's down to 3.3 million now... PC is dying (again) right before our eyes! :cry:

santoron

LOL:P

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

awww, someone must have hurt pc fanboys feelings, let me guess, someone said pc gaming is dying again.....

vtoshkatur

What's wrong with sharing the news? I wrote nothing in my OP yet you some how got that I was being biased out of it...

Im a steam member and my computer is from walmart 4 years ago. Am I added to that equation?

Im a steam member and my computer is from walmart 4 years ago. Am I added to that equation?

slipknot0129

Are you playing on Steam right now? There's your answer...

Im a steam member and my computer is from walmart 4 years ago. Am I added to that equation?

slipknot0129

If you're online at the same time as everybody else, then yes. PC gaming isn't all high-end BTW.

[QUOTE="slipknot0129"]

Im a steam member and my computer is from walmart 4 years ago. Am I added to that equation?

lundy86_4

If you're online at the same time as everybody else, then yes. PC gaming isn't all high-end BTW.

This^ I'm sure this 4 year old computer would have no trouble running CS 1.6 or even source at low settings. That counts as PC gaming.

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

Why so hostile?

hensothor

[QUOTE="hensothor"][QUOTE="Chris_Williams"] i don't understand how people can read words on a screen and judge how a person is feeling, i wish i could do thatFrostbite24

If you have an issue with me you can address me directly, Ok friend?

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

awww, someone must have hurt pc fanboys feelings, let me guess, someone said pc gaming is dying again.....

rasengan2552

What's wrong with sharing the news? I wrote nothing in my OP yet you some how got that I was being biased out of it...

[QUOTE="rasengan2552"][QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

What's wrong with sharing the news? I wrote nothing in my OP yet you some how got that I was being biased out of it...

Lief_Ericson

LOL@ Consolites on damage control.

[QUOTE="R4gn4r0k"]

[QUOTE="rasengan2552"]Steam logs you in on startup dude .. thread is pointless.vtoshkatur

Funniest thing I read all day :lol:

Steam does not log you on at start up. Fact. Steam's defualt setting is not to start at start up. Do you guys have any idea about what your talking about?

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

[QUOTE="R4gn4r0k"]

Funniest thing I read all day :lol:

Lief_Ericson

Steam does not log you on at start up. Fact. Steam's defualt setting is not to start at start up. Do you guys have any idea about what your talking about?

Because you set it that way. On the log in screen there a box you check that allows you to sign in on start up.

i love how this thread went in five directions

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i love how this thread went in five directions

wis3boi

I love how we're almost at 300 posts when TC barely said a word in the OP.

i love how this thread went in five directions

wis3boi

I love how we're almost at 300 posts when TC barely said a word in the OP.

[QUOTE="Jankarcop"]

[QUOTE="Code_Blue_"]LOL only 5mill PC gamers, there' over 40m PS3 users and over 25m XBL users...all this thread proves is that PC gaming is dying and consoles are taking over.Code_Blue_

I don't know where to begin with this, but I honestly hope someone like you stays with your PSN and XBL.

Don't ever use steam please.

Do they have the number of people who don't just leave Steam on in the background while they do other things? Or all the people who just got a Steam account and don't actually play any games?

Must be a lot of them downloading all those games they bought on sale last week. :D

Do they have the number of people who don't just leave Steam on in the background while they do other things? Or all the people who just got a Steam account and don't actually play any games?

SPYDER0416

Theres no way to find those number and even still there are things for every platform that would inflate numbers in the same fashion, such as

How many soccer moms bought a Wii, played Wii Fit for a month, and haven't turned on their Wii in years?

How many people got the RROD and ended up buying another Xbox?

How many people bought a PS3 just to watch Blu Ray movies on?

Even I'm logged in on steam

I don't even play anything

It's fairly amazing considering Steam only passed the 4 million mark in the summer. Also fairly astonishing seeing as the PC has a rival platform in Origins which probably has its own respectable concurrent user base in BF3/SWTOR etc.

Steam loading on startup is an installation option as far as I'm aware. Xbox live's record was post release of MW3 and it was just under 3 million concurrent users. It's worth remembering that those users are not neccessarily playing all the time either, they are simply logged in.

Certainly if you go by the numbers, console gaming has been declining since 2009 despite more consoles being sold. PC gaming has been growing since then hugely. The advent of DD and especially Steam has played a huge role in this.

I'm one of them, and I'm not playing a game. I guarentee you the majority of those users aren't doing anything steam related.

RandomWinner

That's Nice. I think I've used Steam maybe 3 times in my life. I wasn't on of those 5 million. I think that many people were playing CoD:MW3 on XBL the week it was launched. XanderZane

No it was around 2.8 million concurrent on xbox live during the release of MW3.

I'm on steam and not doing anything...

hinycecandy

Hello. How are you today?

Didn't they state how many users they have? Heil68

It's over 40 million now I believe.

[QUOTE="Kinthalis"]

[QUOTE="Code_Blue_"] oh. well he should have said in his OP...no reads links that you have to copy and paste...what is this 2002..Code_Blue_

It's on the TITLE you f'ing imbecile.

I see consolite average IQ's are right on the money.

Someone tell me why I should care about this.

whiskeystrike

I think the consolites on this thread are 100% right.

In fact I'm certain that 99.9% of all those 5 million people installed Steam and have it running at load time for other reasons which have NOTHING to do with gaming on a PC.

For example, my grandma installed it because she thought it was an app that made the PC "steam" and allow it ot be used as a humidifier for her living room. My uncle installed it 'cause he thought it would update his background wallpaper with pictures of steam locomotives (he's a big train buff, and he doesn't even play Train Simulator - available on Steam!).

Hell, the only reason all my friends installed it is 'cause it looks pretty on the taskbar!

/sarcasm

So what am i suppssed to do now? there are double that number on CoD alone on consoles :P

I think the consolites on this thread are 100% right.

In fact I'm certain that 99.9% of all those 5 million people installed Steam and have it running at load time for other reasons which have NOTHING to do with gaming on a PC.

For example, my grandma installed it because she thought it was an app that made the PC "steam" and allow it ot be used as a humidifier for her living room. My uncle installed it 'cause he thought it would update his background wallpaper with pictures of steam locomotives (he's a big train buff, and he doesn't even play Train Simulator - available on Steam!).

Hell, the only reason all my friends installed it is 'cause it looks pretty on the taskbar!

/sarcasm

Kinthalis

That logo is the only reason anyone installs Steam. What other reasons could there be?

So what am i suppssed to do now? there are double that number on CoD alone on consoles :P

finalstar2007

Neither console has ever even reached 3 million concurrent users yet. As you can see here.

http://www.strategyinformer.com/news/15467/modern-warfare-3-sets-xbox-live-concurrent-users-record

So what am i suppssed to do now? there are double that number on CoD alone on consoles :P

finalstar2007

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

So what am i suppssed to do now? there are double that number on CoD alone on consoles :P

vtoshkatur

Neither console has ever even reached 3 million concurrent users yet. As you can see here.

http://www.strategyinformer.com/news/15467/modern-warfare-3-sets-xbox-live-concurrent-users-record

I think the consolites on this thread are 100% right.

In fact I'm certain that 99.9% of all those 5 million people installed Steam and have it running at load time for other reasons which have NOTHING to do with gaming on a PC.

For example, my grandma installed it because she thought it was an app that made the PC "steam" and allow it ot be used as a humidifier for her living room. My uncle installed it 'cause he thought it would update his background wallpaper with pictures of steam locomotives (he's a big train buff, and he doesn't even play Train Simulator - available on Steam!).

Hell, the only reason all my friends installed it is 'cause it looks pretty on the taskbar!

/sarcasm

Kinthalis

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

So what am i suppssed to do now? there are double that number on CoD alone on consoles :P

_Cadbury_

Neither console has ever even reached 3 million concurrent users yet. As you can see here.

http://www.strategyinformer.com/news/15467/modern-warfare-3-sets-xbox-live-concurrent-users-record

The artical says online at once Due to the release of MW3. Not all playing MW3. Please show me where in the artical it says that all 3 million are playing MW3.

[QUOTE="_Cadbury_"]

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

Neither console has ever even reached 3 million concurrent users yet. As you can see here.

http://www.strategyinformer.com/news/15467/modern-warfare-3-sets-xbox-live-concurrent-users-record

vtoshkatur

The artical says online at once Due to the release of MW3. Not all playing MW3. Please show me where in the artical it says that all 3 million are playing MW3.

http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=624766

That's because I'm logged into Steam 24 hours a day. You're Welcome.

[QUOTE="_Cadbury_"]

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

Neither console has ever even reached 3 million concurrent users yet. As you can see here.

http://www.strategyinformer.com/news/15467/modern-warfare-3-sets-xbox-live-concurrent-users-record

vtoshkatur

The artical says online at once Due to the release of MW3. Not all playing MW3. Please show me where in the artical it says that all 3 million are playing MW3.

So what am i suppssed to do now? there are double that number on CoD alone on consoles :P

finalstar2007

If a COD game would ever break the record, it would have to be played on the PC. I think COD 4 on PC cam close.

as did Counter Strike :Source.