"The 1.7 million customers who originated from a top 2023 release went on to enjoy more than 141 million hours of playtime in additional games"
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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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PC is the fastest growing market. Consoles are slumping and I think the return of Steam Machines done right would accelerate the market shift.

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They’d be a shoe-in now that Valve developed Proton so well

I haven’t seen an interactive event on Steam for, like, a decade. Unless they’re counting sales as interactive events. 🤔

They used to have, like, gamified events where you’re earning things (like maybe trading cards or badges or other Steam profile items) by playing a small little browser game inside the store page. Those were always fun.

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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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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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They kinda died along side the flash deals. I miss the crazy sales, but I understand why they removed them.

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one example of a steam interactive event was when valve was actively giving viewers who were watching the game awards through steam a raffle to get a free steam deck

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No, that’s just a raffle. They had mini games during the sales.

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