Over 5 million concurrent Steam users online right now

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

Top played game right now: Skyrim - ONLY 84k playing it. How many are playing cod on consoles right now?

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

Top played game right now: Skyrim - ONLY 84k playing it. How many are playing cod on consoles right now?

elcoholic

How many are playing games like World of warcraft,Star wars the Old republic,League of Legends,Battlefield 3 or Starcraft 2 on the PC rigth now?

Remember that steam isn´t the only service the PC has,unlike the consoles,this is just steam alone. Doesn´t count Battle.net or Origin and others,while the console numbers are consolidated into one service.

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

Top played game right now: Skyrim - ONLY 84k playing it. How many are playing cod on consoles right now?

elcoholic

EDIT : If I were to make a thread that compiled data of total current PC game network use (Origin, Battle.net, Gametap, Steam etc.), the number would be so staggering that you'd think its fake.

[QUOTE="elcoholic"]

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

Top played game right now: Skyrim - ONLY 84k playing it. How many are playing cod on consoles right now?

Arach666

How many are playing games like World of warcraft,Star wars the Old republic,League of Legends,Battlefield 3 or Starcraft 2 on the PC rigth now?

Remember that steam isn´t the only service the PC has,unlike the consoles,this is just steam alone. Doesn´t count Battle.net or Origin and others,while the console numbers are consolidated into one service.

True, though this thread is about steam. Were not counting wii/(3)DS/ psp/ps2 etc. either are we? Looking at those stats its clear there's no where near the number of logged in people playing a game so the news the thread started with is pointless.

Nothing against pc folks but don't brag without getting the facts straight.

Well why would people download a program to play games if they're not pc gamers? It doesn't matters if they're playing or not. I think the TC just wants to show the increasing number of people that like Steam.

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

[QUOTE="_Cadbury_"]
That's for people specifically playing MW3, not logged onto the console as a whole. And that article suggests it could be as high as 3 million.
Why would it be surprising for the consoles to have less concurrent users anyway. PCs are used for more than just gaming so they're obviously going to still be running with steam in the background. There's not much reason to leave your console running all day and logged onto PSN/XBL if you aren't playing a game.

_Cadbury_

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.

Why are you lowly console peasants so mad that theres more PC gamers then console gamers. Ignorance is bliss I suppose. Although I guess I would be mad too if I was a fanboy of a system that is in a desprate fight for second place...

[QUOTE="Arach666"]

[QUOTE="elcoholic"]

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

Top played game right now: Skyrim - ONLY 84k playing it. How many are playing cod on consoles right now?

elcoholic

How many are playing games like World of warcraft,Star wars the Old republic,League of Legends,Battlefield 3 or Starcraft 2 on the PC rigth now?

Remember that steam isn´t the only service the PC has,unlike the consoles,this is just steam alone. Doesn´t count Battle.net or Origin and others,while the console numbers are consolidated into one service.

True, though this thread is about steam. Were not counting wii/(3)DS/ psp/ps2 etc. either are we? Looking at those stats its clear there's no where near the number of logged in people playing a game so the news the thread started with is pointless.

Nothing against pc folks but don't brag without getting the facts straight.

Well why would people download a program to play games if they're not pc gamers? It doesn't matters if they're playing or not. I think the TC just wants to show the increasing number of people that like Steam.

tjricardo089

Are there stats for total unique steam accounts? That's a stat you can atleast work with.

[QUOTE="_Cadbury_"]

[QUOTE="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.

vtoshkatur

Why are you lowly console peasants so mad that theres more PC gamers then console gamers. Ignorance is bliss I suppose. Although I guess I would be mad too if I was a fanboy of a system that is in a desprate fight for second place...

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

[QUOTE="_Cadbury_"]
Please show me where it says 'due to the release of MW3'.......
"both Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops previously managed the same, with 2+ million and 2.6+ million players, respectively. "
"The exact number of concurrent users for Modern Warfare 3 hasn't been revealed yet, but it obviously should be more than 2.6M players."
This to me suggests it's numbers for the game only, not multiple games...

_Cadbury_

Why are you lowly console peasants so mad that theres more PC gamers then console gamers. Ignorance is bliss I suppose. Although I guess I would be mad too if I was a fanboy of a system that is in a desprate fight for second place...

I'm sorry that you picked the wrong horse to back in this whole system wars thing. But get over it bro, PC>>>>>Consoles. This shouldn't even be a discussion, Just accepted fact.

[QUOTE="_Cadbury_"]

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

Why are you lowly console peasants so mad that theres more PC gamers then console gamers. Ignorance is bliss I suppose. Although I guess I would be mad too if I was a fanboy of a system that is in a desprate fight for second place...

vtoshkatur

I'm sorry that you picked the wrong horse to back in this whole system wars thing. But get over it bro, PC>>>>>Consoles. This shouldn't even be a discussion, Just accepted fact.

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

[QUOTE="_Cadbury_"]
Looks like we have ourself another pc elitist :roll: Try harder fool. I have steam and I play PC games. It's not surprising that consoles have less concurrent players than steam. Consoles have no reason to be left on when not playing games. Of course there are more people playing pc games at any given time.

_Cadbury_

I'm sorry that you picked the wrong horse to back in this whole system wars thing. But get over it bro, PC>>>>>Consoles. This shouldn't even be a discussion, Just accepted fact.

ROFL!!! you're the one that actually thinks consoles are better than PC. Seriosuly what on gods green earth made you come to that conclusion anyway? Perhaps just ignorance. Anyway have fun with your low resolution, muddy textures and bad controls and everything else your plastic "toy" provides you with.

I have steam and I play PC games. It's not surprising that consoles have less concurrent players than steam. Consoles have no reason to be left on when not playing games. Of course there are more people playing pc games at any given time.

_Cadbury_

[QUOTE="_Cadbury_"]

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

I'm sorry that you picked the wrong horse to back in this whole system wars thing. But get over it bro, PC>>>>>Consoles. This shouldn't even be a discussion, Just accepted fact.

vtoshkatur

ROFL!!! you're the one that actually thinks consoles are better than PC. Seriosuly what on gods green earth made you come to that conclusion anyway? Perhaps just ignorance. Anyway have fun with your low resolution, muddy textures and bad controls and everything else your plastic "toy" provides you with.

[QUOTE="_Cadbury_"][QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]I'm sorry that you picked the wrong horse to back in this whole system wars thing. But get over it bro, PC>>>>>Consoles. This shouldn't even be a discussion, Just accepted fact.vtoshkatur

[QUOTE="_Cadbury_"]

I have steam and I play PC games. It's not surprising that consoles have less concurrent players than steam. Consoles have no reason to be left on when not playing games. Of course there are more people playing pc games at any given time.

Why is one number being larger than the other number relevant now?

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"][QUOTE="_Cadbury_"]I said try harder, not make yourself look worse :lol:rasengan2552

I can do what I want, When I want and how I want to do it, And yo ass can't stop me.

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

[QUOTE="_Cadbury_"]
I said try harder, not make yourself look worse :lol:

_Cadbury_

ROFL!!! you're the one that actually thinks consoles are better than PC. Seriosuly what on gods green earth made you come to that conclusion anyway? Perhaps just ignorance. Anyway have fun with your low resolution, muddy textures and bad controls and everything else your plastic "toy" provides you with.

:lol:

Enjoy your toy brah

[QUOTE="tjricardo089"]

Well why would people download a program to play games if they're not pc gamers? It doesn't matters if they're playing or not. I think the TC just wants to show the increasing number of people that like Steam.

elcoholic

Are there stats for total unique steam accounts? That's a stat you can atleast work with.

Only what Valve tells us directly. Which was "over 40 million" about 8 months ago, which was the last time they mentioned it (which was also the time Steam first broke the 4 million concurrent mark). Which leads me to believe that the number is probably somewhere close to 50 million active accounts world wide.

Or close ot the total number of Xbox 360's ever SOLD. Not actually being used for gaming.

Why is one number being larger than the other number relevant now?

Valiant_Rebel

You're kidding right?

Is this your first foray into system wars or something? Consolites are reknown for bringing up numbers, 'cause that's all they got.

I'm sorry that you picked the wrong horse to back in this whole system wars thing. But get over it bro, PC>>>>>Consoles. This shouldn't even be a discussion, Just accepted fact.

vtoshkatur

Get over the fact that not everyone likes playing on the pc. Let me tell you about my exprience with steam. When i got a new pc 1.5 years ago I had to try crysis. Great game, no doubt but for some reason Steam takes 10+ minutes to load the home screen for me(not exagerating). More people had this problem on W7 64 and no fix was known for the unfortunate. PC is good enough (I5, 6gb DDR3, ATI 57xx) but still had popup everywhere and waiting 10 minutes for steam to load is not exactly customer friendly. After crysis i uninstalled steam and never went back. I'm in the minority with this problem but it put me off pc gaming fast.

Never mind the fact I can't get used to m/k (yes, played crysis on pc with a 360 controller, flame away ;) ). Did play it on my 46" tv from the couch and that's how i prefer it. Lots of games on pc don't have controller support like stalker which I really wanted to play. I'm behind a desk 8 hours a day at work and when i game I want to lay back. Consoles are perfect for me and 100+ million like me. consoles >>>> pc for me.

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

I'm sorry that you picked the wrong horse to back in this whole system wars thing. But get over it bro, PC>>>>>Consoles. This shouldn't even be a discussion, Just accepted fact.

elcoholic

Get over the fact that not everyone likes playing on the pc. Let me tell you about my exprience with steam. When i got a new pc 1.5 years ago I had to try crysis. Great game, no doubt but for some reason Steam takes 10+ minutes to load the home screen for me(not exagerating). More people had this problem on W7 64 and no fix was known for the unfortunate. PC is good enough (I5, 6gb DDR3, ATI 57xx) but still had popup everywhere and waiting 10 minutes for steam to load is not exactly customer friendly. After crysis i uninstalled steam and never went back. I'm in the minority with this problem but it put me off pc gaming fast.

Never mind the fact I can't get used to m/k (yes, played crysis on pc with a 360 controller, flame away ;) ). Did play it on my 46" tv from the couch and that's how i prefer it. Lots of games on pc don't have controller support like stalker which I really wanted to play. I'm behind a desk 8 hours a day at work and when i game I want to lay back. Consoles are perfect for me and 100+ million like me. consoles >>>> pc for me.

ATi 57XX what? if it was a 5750 then that explains a lot. It's a low end card.

[QUOTE="elcoholic"]

[QUOTE="tjricardo089"]

Well why would people download a program to play games if they're not pc gamers? It doesn't matters if they're playing or not. I think the TC just wants to show the increasing number of people that like Steam.

Kinthalis

Are there stats for total unique steam accounts? That's a stat you can atleast work with.

Only what Valve tells us directly. Which was "over 40 million" about 8 months ago, which was the last time they mentioned it (which was also the time Steam first broke the 4 million concurrent mark). Which leads me to believe that the number is probably somewhere close to 50 million active accounts world wide.

Or close ot the total number of Xbox 360's ever SOLD. Not actually being used for gaming.

That's not that impressive is it? People here lead us to believe there are 10x more pc gamers than console gamers. And I'd like to believe if you're a pc gamer the first thing you do is install steam. They do have awesome deals for you guys.

[QUOTE="Kinthalis"]

[QUOTE="elcoholic"]

Are there stats for total unique steam accounts? That's a stat you can atleast work with.

elcoholic

Only what Valve tells us directly. Which was "over 40 million" about 8 months ago, which was the last time they mentioned it (which was also the time Steam first broke the 4 million concurrent mark). Which leads me to believe that the number is probably somewhere close to 50 million active accounts world wide.

Or close ot the total number of Xbox 360's ever SOLD. Not actually being used for gaming.

That's not that impressive is it? People here lead us to believe there are 10x more pc gamers than console gamers. And I'd like to believe if you're a pc gamer the first thing you do is install steam. They do have awesome deals for you guys.

ATi 57XX what? if it was a 5750 then that explains a lot. It's a low end card.

vtoshkatur

Had to look up the invoice. 5770. According to benchmarks it was supposed to run it on max at 45fps if I recall correctly. Yet, it didn't (still loved the game though)

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"]

ATi 57XX what? if it was a 5750 then that explains a lot. It's a low end card.

elcoholic

Had to look up the invoice. 5770. According to benchmarks it was supposed to run it on max at 45fps if I recall correctly. Yet, it didn't (still loved the game though)

What resolution were you playing on? Because theres no way in hell a 5770 would average 45 fps at 1080p

It´s numbers from steam alone,for just one service it´s very impressive,it doesn´t represent the whole playerbase of the system.

Nanomage

I know but don't most of all pc gamers that play more than wow have steam? It was the first place I went to try pc gaming.

[QUOTE="elcoholic"]

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

ATi 57XX what? if it was a 5750 then that explains a lot. It's a low end card.

vtoshkatur

Had to look up the invoice. 5770. According to benchmarks it was supposed to run it on max at 45fps if I recall correctly. Yet, it didn't (still loved the game though)

What resolution were you playing on? Because theres no way in hell a 5770 would average 45 fps at 1080p

1080p. Now I'm dissapointed with my purchase :( Another point I don't prefer pc gaming. Its so damn hard for a noob to figure out the right hardware.

EDIT: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5770,2446-7.html

40fps if I'm reading it right.

[QUOTE="Nanomage"]

It´s numbers from steam alone,for just one service it´s very impressive,it doesn´t represent the whole playerbase of the system.

elcoholic

I know but don't most of all pc gamers that play more than wow have steam? It was the first place I went to try pc gaming.

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

[QUOTE="elcoholic"]

Had to look up the invoice. 5770. According to benchmarks it was supposed to run it on max at 45fps if I recall correctly. Yet, it didn't (still loved the game though)

elcoholic

What resolution were you playing on? Because theres no way in hell a 5770 would average 45 fps at 1080p

1080p. Now I'm dissapointed with my purchase :( Another point I don't prefer pc gaming. Its so damn hard for a noob to figure out the right hardware.

You could probably get that fps with a 1440x900 or 1650x 1050 or whatever that resolution is. Both of which are way higher resolutions than either of the consoles could dream of.

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

ATi 57XX what? if it was a 5750 then that explains a lot. It's a low end card.

elcoholic

Had to look up the invoice. 5770. According to benchmarks it was supposed to run it on max at 45fps if I recall correctly. Yet, it didn't (still loved the game though)

[QUOTE="Nanomage"]

It´s numbers from steam alone,for just one service it´s very impressive,it doesn´t represent the whole playerbase of the system.

elcoholic

I know but don't most of all pc gamers that play more than wow have steam? It was the first place I went to try pc gaming.

[QUOTE="elcoholic"]

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]

ATi 57XX what? if it was a 5750 then that explains a lot. It's a low end card.

lowe0

Had to look up the invoice. 5770. According to benchmarks it was supposed to run it on max at 45fps if I recall correctly. Yet, it didn't (still loved the game though)

What do you mean? Is that good or bad?

I askes around forums when i bought it and most said it was good for my purpose and price range.

less than a million of which are actually playing a game.....on the other hand almost 750000 are playing MW3 on 360.

Harisemo

[QUOTE="Valiant_Rebel"]

Why is one number being larger than the other number relevant now?

Kinthalis

You're kidding right?

Is this your first foray into system wars or something? Consolites are reknown for bringing up numbers, 'cause that's all they got.

I just want to see how we're arguing this time or rather how it's used to be out of one side's favor again.

[QUOTE="elcoholic"]

[QUOTE="Nanomage"]

It´s numbers from steam alone,for just one service it´s very impressive,it doesn´t represent the whole playerbase of the system.

rasengan2552

I know but don't most of all pc gamers that play more than wow have steam? It was the first place I went to try pc gaming.

But even if they uninstall they will have made an account for it.

[QUOTE="rasengan2552"][QUOTE="elcoholic"]

I know but don't most of all pc gamers that play more than wow have steam? It was the first place I went to try pc gaming.

elcoholic

But even if they uninstall they will have made an account for it.

Hahah Ah dear. The 30+ million users are active users, these are people who are using their accounts of a weekly basis. This is far higher then any other digital service. Concurrent user rates also eclipse any other service. Of all services Steam is the most favoured. skrat_01

Ah, missed the word "active". That does change my perception. I was asking for total accounts made, not just active.

[QUOTE="skrat_01"]

Hahah Ah dear. The 30+ million users are active users, these are people who are using their accounts of a weekly basis. This is far higher then any other digital service. Concurrent user rates also eclipse any other service. Of all services Steam is the most favoured. elcoholic

Ah, missed the word "active". That does change my perception. I was asking for total accounts made, not just active.

total accounts made isn't avalivble but if I had to take a guess I would say somewhere inbetween 60-100 million

[QUOTE="skrat_01"]

Hahah Ah dear. The 30+ million users are active users, these are people who are using their accounts of a weekly basis. This is far higher then any other digital service. Concurrent user rates also eclipse any other service. Of all services Steam is the most favoured. elcoholic

Ah, missed the word "active". That does change my perception. I was asking for total accounts made, not just active.