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Steam Biz Development Director – “We have 20 million users”
In an exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.Biz, Valve’s Jason Holtman revealed Steam currently has 20 million connected users with a reach in 21 languages. When asked about their current market share, Holtman declined to reveal those numbers but mentioned they believe they are the market leader, which no one really doubts. Part of that success has [...]
Stardock CEO Estimates Size of PC Digital Distribution Market
On September 10, 2009 Gamasutra revealed that in an interview Stardock CEO Brad Wardell estimated that digital distribution roughly accounts for 25% of the overall PC market. Wardell further estimated that will double in a year or 2. No further information was given as to the source of these estimates although Wardell has extensive contacts [...]
Dell Announces Alienware PCs will be Bundled With Steam
Steam is announcing that Dell has announced all of its Alienware comps (desktops and laoptops) will come pre-installed with Valve’s Steam digitial distribution application along with a free copy of Portal. This is another win for Steam to extend their lead in the digital distribution market among gamers who form the majority of Alienware purchases. [...]
Stardock Reveals Market Share Estimates
Stardock, who recently launched a revamped version of their Impulse digital download store, claims that Steam (owned by Valve Corporation) has 70% market share of the digital download market with Impulse a distant 2nd at 10% and all others making up 20%. The news was revealed in Stardock’s Customer Report 2009 dated November 18, 2009. [...]