SteamSpy dev: 2017 "the best year for Valve" ($4.3b* in paid game revenue, +63m accounts, and more) | ResetEra
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* Excludes microtransactions and DLC. Credit to The Cat With a LightBulb: The Cat With a LightBulb said: ↑Quotehttps://twitter.com/Steam_Spy/status/976942590116298752 But Gabe will need his retirement money soon and will have to sell Valve to Microsoft.Click to expand...MOD EDIT: Arthands said: ↑Quotehttps://www.gamasutra.com/view/news..._2017_was_Valves_most_profitable_year_yet.php NumbersClick to expand...
- Steam made $4.3 b revenues in 2017
- 291 million Steam accounts (overall)
- 63 million new Steam accounts made in 2017
- 7696 new games in 2017, 21406 games overall
- PUBG sold 28m copies, $600m revenue, followed by CS: GO (12.5m sales, $120m revenue)
- A game must make $22m in gross revenue to break into Steam's top 20
- 57 m players active in the past 2 weeks
- 25% of all Steam account holders has played a game in the past 2 weeks (291m/4 = 72.75m)
- Around 30 games per day, more than 1 per hour
- 13.9% is American
- American user buy 6x more games than China user