Did you know: the popularity of Steam continues to grow. Probably. But did you also know that development is accelerating? In January 2013, the record of users connected simultaneously to the platform from Valve was 6,000,000. In December of the same year (12 months later), this number increased to 7,000,000. Noon yesterday, Sunday, June 29, only 7 months after the previous step, the number of 8 million was reached.
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Balances thank you, thank you Dota 2
But this new record is also possible thanks to some games whose popularity is too rosy. The majority of the most played games in the balances (Dota 2 ahead, followed by Counter Strike. Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2, Garry's Mod, Civilization V ... etc) are the same as those at issue in the study Ars Technica we took turns in April and revealed that 37% of games purchased were never launched.
Percentage is likely to increase in the future as the number of games available on Steam is growing and their prices often start falling. This last point is particularly due to the early access program that allows (for better or for worse) to get their hands on a game yet in beta state at a reduced price.
