Valve reports record growth in Steam users
Valve presented statistics on Steam platform users at the Casual Connect conference held in Seattle, which testifies to the explosive growth of its popularity among fans of computer games. According to the data provided by the GeekWire publication, by the middle of 2017, about 14 million users participated in various games using the Valve service simultaneously. In 2015, there were no more than 8.5 million users. Monthly statistics on Steam were even more impressive - 67 million users. In comparison, the Xbox Live service was used by 53 million players a month. About one and a half million people sign up on Steam every month. Since January 2016, newcomers have made 27 million purchases, whether it's the purchase of a game or the first transaction. As for the geography of Steam distribution, the Asia region became the leader in terms of sales growth rate. If in 2015 it was about a few percent of the total, then in 2017 users from Japan, South Korea and China made 17 percent of the total number of purchases on Steam, the CIS countries accounted for five percent of purchases. Among of games distributed via Steam, the undisputed leader was "Dota 2". Recall that on August 7, 2017, the World Championship in this discipline, The International, starts in Seattle. His prize pool has once again set a new record - $ 23.7 million. South Korea and China made 17 percent of total purchases on Steam, while CIS countries accounted for 5 percent of purchases.Among games distributed via Steam, "Dota 2" was the undisputed leader. Recall that on August 7, 2017, the World Championship in this discipline, The International, starts in Seattle. His prize pool has once again set a new record - $ 23.7 million. South Korea and China made 17 percent of total purchases on Steam, while CIS countries accounted for 5 percent of purchases.Among games distributed via Steam, "Dota 2" was the undisputed leader. Recall that on August 7, 2017, the World Championship in this discipline, The International, starts in Seattle. His prize pool has once again set a new record - $ 23.7 million. The Topic of Article: Valve reports record growth in Steam users. |
