{"id":97936,"date":"2016-07-07T09:40:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T07:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=97936"},"modified":"2016-07-07T09:40:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T07:40:52","slug":"this-steam-summer-sale-was-even-bigger-than-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/97936-this-steam-summer-sale-was-even-bigger-than-last-year","title":{"rendered":"This Steam Summer Sale was even bigger than last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recently asked MyGaming readers what they thought of this year&#8217;s Steam Summer sale.<\/p>\n<p>The general consensus seemed to be that while <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/96691-this-is-what-south-african-gamers-really-thought-about-the-steam-summer-sale.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>happy<\/strong> <\/a>with the discount and deals, gamers said they\u00a0didn&#8217;t hold a candle to sales from previous years.<\/p>\n<p>This criticism didn&#8217;t seem to bother Valve however, as this was Steam&#8217;s biggest Summer Sale yet according to new data released by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Steam_Spy\/status\/750650356724539392\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SteamSpy<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Valve reportedly made a staggering <strong>$236 million<\/strong> compared to last year\u2019s $160 million. Steam reportedly also sold an addition 4 million games from 2015, culminating in 37 million game purchases. Within a week.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/steamspy.com\/sale\" target=\"_blank\">biggest sellers<\/a><\/strong> in the list below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Limbo \u2013 1,128,836 sales<\/li>\n<li>Payday 2 \u2013 526,380 sales<\/li>\n<li>Counter-Strike: Global Offensive \u2013 485,694 sales<\/li>\n<li>Age of Empires II \u2013 HD Edition \u2013 373,651 sales<\/li>\n<li>Garry\u2019s Mod \u2013 349,877 sales<\/li>\n<li>Dead by Daylight \u2013 286,966 sales<\/li>\n<li>Left 4 Dead 2 \u2013 282,580 sales<\/li>\n<li>Doom \u2013 260,172 sales<\/li>\n<li>Rocket League \u2013 256,797 sales<\/li>\n<li>Grand Theft Auto 5 \u2013 227,111 sales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>What did you pick up during this year&#8217;s Steam Summer Sale? 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