Steam Breaks Concurrent User Record

<p>The Coronavirus outbreak <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;google&period;com&sol;url&quest;sa&equals;t&amp&semi;rct&equals;j&amp&semi;q&equals;&amp&semi;esrc&equals;s&amp&semi;source&equals;web&amp&semi;cd&equals;2&amp&semi;cad&equals;rja&amp&semi;uact&equals;8&amp&semi;ved&equals;2ahUKEwjd5OfBmqHoAhVQlKwKHboaDKsQFjABegQICxAF&amp&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fkotaku&period;com&percnt;2Fe3-2020-cancelled-1842267356&amp&semi;usg&equals;AOvVaw3eOjSHCot7BIqgQnk9vaL8">has brought some game companies to their knees<&sol;a>&period; However&comma; some other companies have also seen some success from it&period; According to the Steam Database&comma; the PC Gaming platform has broken the record for concurrent users&period; While the COVID-19 virus isn&&num;8217&semi;t explicitly said to be the cause&semi; it&&num;8217&semi;s very likely to be the case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So&comma; how high is the current user number&quest; Well&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;SteamDB&sol;status&sol;1239180882826715136&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw&percnt;7Ctwcamp&percnt;5Etweetembed&percnt;7Ctwterm&percnt;5E1239180882826715136&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;techradar&period;com&percnt;2Fnews&percnt;2Fsteam-breaks-record-for-concurrent-users-likely-due-to-coronavirus">according to the database<&sol;a>&comma; the platform set a new all-time high for the number of concurrent users on the gaming service at the weekend&semi; hitting 20 million for the first time ever&period; Of course&comma; since many of the users are currently in self-quarantine to prevent the infection of the virus&comma; this is to be expected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;Steam&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;Steam<&sol;a> has just reached a new concurrent online user record of 20 million&comma; with 6&period;2 million currently in-game&comma; likely due to many people staying at home due to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;coronavirus&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;coronavirus<&sol;a>&period;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;bzLMfMOJvD">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;bzLMfMOJvD<&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;COVID19&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;COVID19<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; SteamDB &lpar;&commat;SteamDB&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;SteamDB&sol;status&sol;1239180882826715136&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">March 15&comma; 2020<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The record was achieved back on Sunday &lpar;March 15&rpar;&period; As observed at the time of the tweet&comma; of those 20 million&comma; 6&period;2 million were actually playing a game&period; In other words&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s very likely that some of the users were just using their computer while having Steam open in the background&period; However&comma; that doesn&&num;8217&semi;t mean that there weren&&num;8217&semi;t people playing video games during the weekend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3><iframe src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;steamdb&period;info&sol;embed&sol;&quest;appid&equals;753" width&equals;"100&percnt;" height&equals;"389px" frameborder&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><&sol;iframe><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">CS&colon;GO Also Reaches a Million Users<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Again&comma; while not explicitly mentioned being the cause&semi; It&&num;8217&semi;s very likely that the Coronavirus outbreak had an impact on the increased userbase that <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;the-most-useful-csgo-pistols&sol;">Counter-Strike&colon; Global Offensive<&sol;a> had&period; The game managed to break 1 million concurrent users on Saturday&comma; March 14&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This puts CS&colon;GO next to other games like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;134604-2&sol;">PUBG<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;dota-2-contest&sol;">DOTA 2<&sol;a> in terms of games that broke 1 million concurrent players&period; Gaming is still the ultimate past-time and PC gamers are definitely going to enjoy playing their games a bit more while waiting for the Coronavirus threat to subside&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Of course&comma; some PC gamers are helping the fight against the virus <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;aid-nvidias-efforts-against-coronavirus-with-a-special-software&sol;">thanks to NVIDIA<&sol;a>&period; Meanwhile&comma; some other companies are allowing their workers to work from home instead&period; So&comma; at the very least a lot of people will have a chance to either clear their gaming backlog or to experiment with new games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What are your thoughts on the recent record broken by Steam&quest; Were you a part of the 20 million active users&quest; Are you a PC gamer&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period; Did you know that Resident Evil 3 Remake will get a demo on PC&quest; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;resident-evil-3-remake-demo-launches-on-march-19&sol;">Read all about it here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;