As spotted by IGN, Valve’s Steam service recently saw a peak of 7,190,509 concurrent users on 1 December 2013, a new record for the platform.<\/p>\n
This can probably be attributed to the ongoing Steam Spring sale<\/a>, with discounted games luring in gamers.<\/p>\n The previous record was set in October at 6.5-million users, a month which featured the Steam Halloween sale.<\/p>\n Recently, Valve\u2019s Steam user base broke through the 65 million active users mark<\/a>, making it larger than the Xbox Live subscriber base, but still some way behind Sony\u2019s PlayStation Network. Valve says that this is a massive jump for the company, increasing their user base from approximately 45 million active subscribers in 2012.<\/p>\n In comparison to other online services, EA Origin boasts 50 million users, Windows Live has 48 million while Sony\u2019s PlayStation Network rules with a staggering 110 million accounts.<\/p>\n If you’re of the PC master race persuasion, these ever-growing figures bode well, as Steam has become the benchmark for digital distribution and DRM as a service.<\/p>\n Nvidia also think the PC market is in for a boom<\/a> as we move into the next-generation of consoles, having said “enthusiast players want the ultimate games system and that is the PC”.<\/p>\n Recent data from UKIE showed that PC is the fastest growing platform in the UK, and a previous research report showed that PC is the dominant gaming platform, globally<\/a>.<\/p>\n PC superior to next-gen consoles: Nvidia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n New Steam Machine prototype unveiled<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Valve to display VR headset, Steam integration in 2014<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Star Citizen PC won\u2019t be \u201cdumbed down\u201d to console standards<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nSource: Steam<\/a> via IGN<\/a><\/h6>\n
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