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Comment on Valve "followed" 1.7 million Steam users for over a year, and now reports those gamers spent $20 million on microtransactions and another $73 million on games and DLC

ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Valve says the data proves “Steam isn’t just a storefront—it provides social community, game discoverability, interactive events, and a deep set of game-enhancing features to attract and retain players who will be checking out new games in the future.”

I think it proves that Steam is the largest storefront on PC and that PC is growing and replacing other platforms.

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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I haven’t seen an interactive event on Steam for, like, a decade. Unless they’re counting sales as interactive events. 🤔

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- ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  The Next Fests might count. They kind of fill the role that something like PAX does, encouraging you to try out demos.
  
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  - Contemporarium@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Yeah I’d say that counts. It definitely feels like a community event to me and doesn’t cost money to participate
    
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- Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  one example of a steam onteractive event was when valve was actively giving viewers who were watching the game awards through steam a raffle to get a free one.
  
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