{"id":122970,"date":"2018-01-16T18:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T16:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=122970"},"modified":"2018-01-16T11:37:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T09:37:10","slug":"best-selling-games-on-steam-in-south-africa-for-december-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/122970-best-selling-games-on-steam-in-south-africa-for-december-2017","title":{"rendered":"Best-selling games on Steam in South Africa for December 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PlayerUnknown\u2019s Battlegrounds was the bestselling Steam game in South Africa in December, according to SteamSpy.<\/p>\n<p>SteamSpy is run by game developer Sergey Galyonkin, who collects data from Steam as part of the project.<\/p>\n<p>Steam had several games available at significant discounts over the December holidays, with nearly all the games on this month\u2019s charts receiving a discount of 33% or greater.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Steam in SA<\/h3>\n<p>At the start of December, SteamSpy showed the following statistics for Steam in SA:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Total active users: <strong>721,165 \u00b1 82,463<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Share of total users: <strong>0.25%<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Share of total games: <strong>0.28%<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Owned games per user: <strong>27.96<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Average playtime (2 weeks): <strong>29:54<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Active users (2 weeks): <strong>36%<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Bestselling games<\/h3>\n<p>The games listed below were the bestsellers in South Africa for December.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mybb_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Game<\/th>\n<th>Sales<\/th>\n<th>Increase<\/th>\n<th>Max discount<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>PlayerUnknown\u2019s Battlegrounds<\/td>\n<td><strong>8,614<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>17.03%<\/td>\n<td>0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Company of Heroes 2<\/td>\n<td><strong>7,971<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>81.69%<\/td>\n<td>75%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Counter-Strike: Condition Zero<\/td>\n<td><strong>6,398<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>39.45%<\/td>\n<td>90%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Counter-Strike<\/td>\n<td><strong>5,081<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>23.37%<\/td>\n<td>90%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Homefront<\/td>\n<td><strong>4,347<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>72.91%<\/td>\n<td>75%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/td>\n<td><strong>4,304<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>4.10%<\/td>\n<td>33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare \u2013 Gold Edition<\/td>\n<td><strong>3,728<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>50.09%<\/td>\n<td>35%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Bureau: XCOM Declassified<\/td>\n<td><strong>3,585<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>62.69%<\/td>\n<td>80%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Quake Live<\/td>\n<td><strong>3,000<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>22.83%<\/td>\n<td>75%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>H1Z1<\/td>\n<td><strong>2,823<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>19.33%<\/td>\n<td>75%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><em>PlayerUnknown\u2019s Battlegrounds left Steam Early Access and launched version 1.0 in December.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PlayerUnknown\u2019s Battlegrounds was the bestselling Steam game in South Africa in December, according to 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