While COVID-19 is keeping people at home, Steam is breaking records
When you’re stuck at home, you might as well play video games.
According to stats published by Valve, Steam just hit a record 20 million concurrent users this weekend.
The spike is likely the result of enforced quarantines and lockdowns all over the world, due to the pandemic COVID-19 coronavirus. And with people stuck at home, they’re obviously turning to gaming to pass the time.
On a game by game level, even CS:GO, which is now eight years old, just set a new achievement, hitting one million concurrent players.
CS:GO has set a new record of ONE million concurrent players, which makes it the third@Steamgame to do so. ????Congratulations to the@CSGOteam!https://t.co/bzLMfMOJvDpic.twitter.com/6URuTSKk6g
For comparison, this time last year, Steam peaked at15 million usersfor the month of March.
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