Steam bereikt 15 miljoen accounts

Vincent (Gamer_V)
Valve heeft gisteren aangekondigd dat het aantal accounts van hun dienst Steam over de 15 miljoen is gegaan. Dit is een groei van 158% procent over het laatste jaar. Dit is vooral te danken aan grote titels die toegevoegd zijn aan de mediabibliotheek van Steam, zoals Call of Duty 4, Bioshock en natuurlijk The Orange Box.

Ook 2008 ziet Valve positief tegemoet, met de release van de nieuwe tool Steamworks, nog meer community features en de release van Left 4 Dead. Gabe Newell vertelt dat het steeds beter gaat met pc gaming, en dat de constante bereikbaarheid alle aspecten van hun zaken heeft verbeterd. Hij ziet de toekomst van Steam erg positief in.

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"PC gaming is thriving, and has evolved into an era of constant connectivity," said Gabe Newell, president of Valve. "That connectivity gives us the ability to have a much better relationship with customers, not just for delivering our games, but across all aspects of our business - including the design, development, and support of our games. Features like Guest Passes, Free Weekends, Gifting, and the Steam Community have been very well received both by customers and the developers who are using Steam. We are accelerating our release of new functionality in the next year as well as finding new ways to work with our partners such as the release of Steamworks, which allows them to bring the many benefits of Steam to their packaged products."