Heaven Angel Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Usually we steer clear of the silly people (and peasants) who say that PC gaming is dead. They’re blind to the fact that the PC is a thriving platform from which all gaming machines derive their best ideas. And they smell. But every now and then it’s nice to be able to throw something back along with a note say “Nah na ne na nah, you’re wrong!” The news that Steam’s passed 7 million concurrent users is just one of those facts to throw back. We already know what Valve’s distribution client has a population larger than many countries but on top of that it has a decent proportion of them all logged in at the same time. More than 10% of Valve’s 65 million users are logged in at any one time, making for a massive 7 million concurrent users. That fact alone is pretty impressive but more impressive is the fact that this time last year the client had a peak concurrent users of 6 million. So in a year that number’s gone up by a million. Which was itself a million more concurrent users than the year before. Plus, back in 2011 when the peak was 5 million there were 40 million registered accounts, a year on there were 50 million, and another year on there are 65 million. Steam’s becoming steadily more popular with each passing year. All this bodes extremely well for Valve’s Steam Box. Sure, not every Steam user is going to rush out and by one of Valve’s machines but with a userbase as large as Steam’s, and one which is clearly engaged with the client, there’s a good chance that there will be many early adopters of the living room hardware. Valve must be pretty excited to see how this all turns out. http://www.pcgamesn.com/steam-breaks-7-million-concurrent-users-more-million-more-time-last-year Peak: 7,190,531 Community Activity 199,989,585 Community Content Contributions | 1,525,846 Players In-Game | 6,851,426 Players Online To people saying PC gaming is dead -> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdulah Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Blame Skyrim 7.5$ deal for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sumanth_Champion Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Blame Skyrim 7.5$ deal for this is it really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 That gif is so much win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ned. Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Steam rules the world of PC gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A happy cat Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Weird people sayin Pc gaming is dead. THAT GIF THOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 That gif might just be the greatest thing I have seen this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitaire Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 That gif... my god Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Dante Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Holy sheet that Gif is effin' awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 BEST GIF EVER..Repped... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonardoInventions Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 that gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 nvm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hope Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 that gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varundbest Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Hell yeah!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 @hope, Wait, is 45k really the launch price of the PS4? Is it confirmed? f**king LOL if thats true. And considering MS policy of being even more retarded, the X1 is gonna be like 60k at launch. Cant wait for next gen. 4.5k for games 50k for consoles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALPHA17 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Cant wait for next gen. 4.5k for games 50k for consoles. B-B-B-B-But it is cheaper than PC gaming. Sent from my ST27i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Interesting.... Steam Survey: Most PC Gamers Have Weaker PCs Than PS4, Xbox One Valve released a new survey for August detailing who is using what and how much. While a lot of the numbers aren't very surprising, the majority of the 50 million or so users of Steam seem to be slightly underpowered compared to what the next-gen consoles will be packing. Thus, the PC Master Race has shed a tear. So what do the stats say? How do they stack up and why are so many PC gamers not really exhibiting the qualities of a Gaming Master Race? Well, most gamers have the OS potential to ramp up on par to the PS4 or Xbox One, both of which contain 8GB of RAM (the PS4 is rocking shared GDDR5 and the Xbox One houses DDR3). 54.08% of PC gamers are using a Windows 7 64-Bit OS, which enables users to house more than 4GB of RAM. From there, the 64-bit version of Windows 8 came in second with 14.58% of the Steam share, followed by Windows 7 (standard), Windows XP 32-bit, Windows Vista and then Windows 8 (standard). http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Steam-Survey-Most-PC-Gamers-Have-Weaker-PCs-Than-PS4-Xbox-One-58833.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven Angel Posted December 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Umm? You comparing VRAM and CPU? Not all 8834 games require more than 1GB of VRAM and Dual-core. I had P*-D before upgrading to new CPU lol. That lasted for more than 5 years. Only few selected titles require more than 1GB of VRAM (actually less than 30 games). Once all games start requiring more VRAM, everybody will upgrade it. _ News post published on "2013-09-04". Looks like someone is not happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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