Steam Sets New Record of Active Users
A two-year-old record of active users on Steam was broken yesterday. SteamDB informed that currently the best result is about 18.8 million. Of this, however, only 5.8 million accounts were actually playing.
Tech
Paul Wozniak
February 3, 2020
The Power of Steam in Numbers - SteamDB Analysis
The creators of SteamDB scanned the account IDs on Steam, so that we can, among other things, find out how many fully registered users are on the platform currently. The data also shows the number of currently active profiles or accounts opened in a specific year.
Tech
Paul Wozniak
January 25, 2020
GDC - More Than Half of Currently Developed Games are Designed For PC
Game Developers Conference organizers conducted a survey among game devs, from which we can learn many interesting things about current trends in the industry, e.g. what percentage of developers prepares projects for PS5 and new Xbox.
video games
January 25, 2020
Good Visuals and Quick Loading - What Gamers Want According to GameTrack
The results of the GameTrack survey conducted by ISFE and Ipsos MORI indicate that gamers are most interested in nice graphics and quick loading of games. Much less excitement is aroused by features such as streaming, portable modes and VR.
video games
Bart Swiatek
January 23, 2020
The Witcher Series is a Hit - Netflix Boasts Its Ratings
Netflix announced that during the first four weeks The Witcher series was viewed on 76 million accounts. Such results mean that the title will soon become the biggest success among Netflix' productions.
movies & tv series
Adrian Werner
January 22, 2020
Steam Hardware Survey - Chinese is Now Top Language, AMD Drops Pace
According to the latest Steam hardware survey, the most popular language on Valve's platform in December was Chinese. After a few months of growth, AMD has lost some momentum - both in CPU and GPU categories.
Tech
Peter Doron
January 8, 2020
Dota Underlords has Lost 90% of Players; Dota 2 in Retreat
Dota records a rather poor launch into 2020. In the last 30 days, Dota 2 has recorded the lowest number of people in the game in over six years. That said, only a fraction of the more than 200,000 players who checked Dota Underworlds at launch are playing it now.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
January 6, 2020
The Witcher 3 Became the Most Popular Steam Game in History
New Year has brought a new activity record on Steam, achieved by The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. At the hottest moment of the day, more than 100,000 people were playing the game at the same time.
video games
Adrian Werner
January 2, 2020
The Witcher 3 a Step Away From New Popularity Record on Steam
Netflix's Witcher series drives the popularity of CD Projekt RED's trilogy. Yesterday, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition set a new record of activity on Steam, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt can repeat this feat any moment now. Andrzej Sapkowski became the most popular writer on Amazon.
video games
Adrian Werner
December 29, 2019
Most Popular Games on Steam in 2019
Valve presented a list of the most popular games among Steam users in 2019. Among other things, we have learned about the most profitable productions, as well as the ones that have achieved the best debut.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
December 28, 2019
Number of Witcher Players Grows After the Premiere of Netflix's Show
Thanks to the premiere of The Witcher from Netflix, the number of players of CD Projekt RED's RPG trilogy has increased significantly on Steam.
video games
Adrian Werner
December 23, 2019
Video Game Industry in 2019 - Fortnite, Cyberpunk 2077 and Minecraft
Journalists of Gamesindustry.biz prepared an extensive infographic, which presents the most important details about the video game market in 2019. The biggest winners include Fortnite, Cyberpunk 2077 and Minecraft.
video games
Bart Swiatek
December 20, 2019
70,000 Players in Titanfall 2 on PS4 and the Number is Growing
Adding Titanfall 2 to PS Plus offer was a great decision. The game, which seemed to be deserted on PS4, can boast tens of thousands of players. And the number grows day by day.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
December 8, 2019
YouTube Rewind 2019 - Summary of the Year in the World
Yesterday, a summary of this year's results was posted on YouTube. The list shows, among others, the most popular creators and topics from all over the world.
video games
Paul Wozniak
December 6, 2019
Great Success of Halo Reach on Steam
Yesterday'slaunch of the PC version of Halo: Reach was a great success. Shortly after the debut, the game became the fourth most popular title on Steam, besting GTA 5 and Destiny 2.
video games
Adrian Werner
December 4, 2019
Steam Hardware Survey - More and More Players Own AMD CPU
Valve has published another edition of Steam's hardware and software survey. In November, AMD increased its market share for both CPUs and graphics cards.
Tech
Bart Swiatek
December 3, 2019
CS:GO Renaissance is Here; Hard Times for Dota 2
The average number of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players has grown to over 400,000 in recent months. This is the highest score this year and one of the best in the history of the game. Whereas Dota 2 is doing worse and worse - for the first time since January 2014 the average number of players was below 400 thousand.
video games
Paul Wozniak
November 27, 2019
NFS Heat Attracts More Players Than Any Other NFS Game in Years
Need for Speed: Heat has been a great success for Electronic Arts. In the first week after its release, the latest installment of the popular racing game series has gathered more players than any other part released for this generation of consoles.
video games
Agnes Adamus
November 18, 2019
Call of Duty: Mobile Still Beats Popularity Records
The first month after the launch of Call of Duty: Mobile was a great success. The title was downloaded 148 million times. Thus, the game easily outperformed the results of such mobile shooters as Fortnite or PUBG.
video games
Paul Wozniak
November 11, 2019
4K Users Remain Few and Far Between - Steam's October Survey
Valve has published the results of its October Steam survey. According to the company, the number of users of Windows 10, Nvidia GPU and Intel CPU is constantly growing. Interestingly, people using 4K resolution are still rare.
Tech
Milosz Szubert
November 6, 2019