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Steam rises to 65 million active users, eclipsing Xbox Live

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Steam now has more than 65 million active accounts. The figure marks a 30 percent rise in players over the last year. The video game digital-download platform also boasts daily peak concurrent users of more than 6 million.

Microsoft's Xbox Live has 48 million accounts — around half of whom reportedly paid extra for a gold subscription to play online in 2010 — and Sony's PlayStation Network claims 110 million.

Sony and Microsoft's still focus on providing an online ecosystem for games obtained through physical media. But these new figures do suggest that Steam doesn't have to worry about being eclipsed: its users on their own are numerous enough to make the service a worthy competitor. Combine those 65 million accounts with League of Legends' 32 million active and World of Tanks' 45 million registered, and PC gaming looks strong, even in the face of new console challenges.

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/30/5045830/steam-65-million-active-accounts-6-million-concurrent-users

 

/sarcasm PC gaming is dying...

Didn't know PSN has 110 million  

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psn claims they have that much they maybe not telling the truth 

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No, PSN is telling the truth, just not unique users. I have like 5-6 accounts of my own.

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No, PSN is telling the truth, just not unique users. I have like 5-6 accounts of my own.

Ya and i had 2 i think. and its really big every where between ps3 and ps vita which is huge in japan.

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No, PSN is telling the truth, just not unique users. I have like 5-6 accounts of my own.

 

True. I have at least 20 accounts because of Gran Turismo 5 giving a birthday car to every user on their birthday.

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True. I have at least 20 accounts because of Gran Turismo 5 giving a birthday car to every user on their birthday.

I love how you actually have decent reasons for these accounts. 3 of mines were name changes, and the other 5 to evade EA bans.

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Oh yea baby, everything is pointing at Consoles dying off and PC gaming coming back with a vengeance :D

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I love how you actually have decent reasons for these accounts. 3 of mines were name changes, and the other 5 to evade EA bans.

 

Other people make new accounts to get region specific deals and games.

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this arguement isnt that great

 

Steam free users so people have mutliple accounts in some cases

 

PSN Free so people have multiple accounts very often

 

Xbox Live 60 dollars a year so people rarely own mutliple accounts

 

So Honestly steam is probally the lowest then psn then xbox live even though the numbers dont prove it

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this arguement isnt that great

 

Steam free users so people have mutliple accounts in some cases

 

PSN Free so people have multiple accounts very often

 

Xbox Live 60 dollars a year so people rarely own mutliple accounts

 

So Honestly steam is probally the lowest then psn then xbox live even though the numbers dont prove it

 

From  the 48 million not all of them are gold subscribers some of them are free accounts. 

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Xbox Live 60 dollars a year so people rarely own mutliple accounts

Xbox Live is free too. Xbox Live GOLD isn't. The above numbers are totals, as it mentions how many Gold members there are (about half). 

PSN is free, PS+ isn't. Same logic, except PS+ numbers aren't being presented. 

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