Monday, March 16th 2020
Steam Experiences Peak Usage over the Weekend, over 20 Million Gamers. Coronavirus Effect?
Steam experienced its highest ever service load over the weekend, with over 20.3 million users concurrently logged in. Of these over 6.4 million were actively playing a game. Its previous service load record was a little over 19 million users, hit just last month (February 2020). This is particularly interesting because the week of 9th March didn't particularly have any big game releases, and according a report by The Verge, most of the 6.4 million gaming were hooked to old favorites, such as CS:GO (>1.02 million), PUBG (>700k), and Dota 2 (>500k).
This record could be just as temporary, with big releases such as "Doom Eternal" lined up for the upcoming weekend. A spike in online gaming and other forms of on-demand entertainment shouldn't surprise anyone in the middle of a global pandemic. The COVID-19 outbreak has forced most governments quarantine large populations, forcing businesses to have their employees work from home. Steam remains the leading game digital distribution and DRM platform.
Source:
The Verge
This record could be just as temporary, with big releases such as "Doom Eternal" lined up for the upcoming weekend. A spike in online gaming and other forms of on-demand entertainment shouldn't surprise anyone in the middle of a global pandemic. The COVID-19 outbreak has forced most governments quarantine large populations, forcing businesses to have their employees work from home. Steam remains the leading game digital distribution and DRM platform.
15 Comments on Steam Experiences Peak Usage over the Weekend, over 20 Million Gamers. Coronavirus Effect?
I mean, who needs real life, right?
Real life: worst game ever!
What a sick joke this becoming.
This is sarcasm from me obviously, but some are serious when saying it. :[
They want to solve the pensions problem by doing nothing :(
Then i can die :kookoo: