Saaaaaaale of the Century
On Sunday, November 28,PC games platform Steamcelebrated a new record for the most concurrent users, with an incredible 27 million Steam users logged in simultaneously. Of this number, almost eight million were live in-game.
The figures,first reported by PC Gamer, mark a new high for the Steam platform. Helping to boost the service’s regular weekend performance was both the long Thanksgiving weekend, as well as Steam’s own Black Friday sale — both of which gave users cause to log in and commence gaming/shopping. In regards to the games themselves, it’s mostly business as usual, with Valve shooterCounter-Strike: Global Offensiveentertaining around 915,000 players, while MOBADota 2saw a smaller, but still impressive 677,000 players. It is, after all, what Thanksgiving is all about.
TheBlack Friday/Autumn salecontinues until December 1, so you still have a few days to jump on the Steam dashboard and bag a bunch of titles that you will never download. Among the games currently available at a discounted price are ArcSys fighterGuilty Gear Strive, Guerrilla Games adventureHorizon Zero Dawn,Rockstar’sRed Dead Redemption II, Remedy Entertainment’s weirdControl, and the explosive id shooterDoom Eternal. In regards to newer titles, there is currently 35% of Marvel’sGuardians of the Galaxyand 30% of zombie smasherBack 4 Blood.
