Steam hits 40m concurrent users.
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bender
What time is it?
Most Steam users wouldn't be able to tell you how to disable Steam from launching at startup.
Jigsaah
Gold Member
Even if Sony did count all that...I mean so does Xbox if we are being fair? Didn't Satya say something like they had 500 million MAU or something?
Sentenza
Member
Valve has clarified this more than once in the past, actually.
Their criteria for "active account" was "Every account with at least a commercial purchase [i.e. not just free to play games] that has logged on the service at least once in the last 30 days".
Plague Doctor
Member
Steam CCU ain't shit. It hasn't been called the Netflix of gaming.
Wake me up when it's even called the Amazon Prime, Tubi, Disney + of gaming. I'll even accept the Paramount Plus of gaming.
I listen to corporate marketing exclusively and think these are rookie numbers. I only see words like "Netflix of Gaming".
PC people and their not paying for additional online services like the peasants they are..... wanting a larger library and all that...
Wake me up when it's even called the Amazon Prime, Tubi, Disney + of gaming. I'll even accept the Paramount Plus of gaming.
I listen to corporate marketing exclusively and think these are rookie numbers. I only see words like "Netflix of Gaming".
PC people and their not paying for additional online services like the peasants they are..... wanting a larger library and all that...
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Senua
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Topher
Identifies as young
Yeah, he said it was across all platforms and devices. Going along with his everything is an Xbox campaign, I guess.
Found Sony's definition in their financials.
"Monthly Active Users is an estimated total number of unique accounts that played games or used services on the PlayStation™Network during the last month of the quarter and is based on company research, and may be updated in the future."
Topher
Identifies as young
Who called Steam the "netflix of gaming"? I've seen Xbox being called that because of Game Pass, but Steam? Not sure how it makes sense.
bender
What time is it?
Bojji
Member
It's just one option in steam menu or you can do it in task manager.
Maybe gen z/alpha, they are worse with tech than millennials and gen x.
Topher
Identifies as young
It isn't difficult to stop at all. "Quasi-malware"…..come on
Mortisfacio
Member
PC Xbox app? Malware.
Steam? Malware
Discord? Worse than malware
NVIDIA suite of apps? Also malware
Corsair iCUE? Malware
NZXT Cam? You guessed it. Malware
G.Skill lighting control? 100% malware
Steam? Malware
Discord? Worse than malware
NVIDIA suite of apps? Also malware
Corsair iCUE? Malware
NZXT Cam? You guessed it. Malware
G.Skill lighting control? 100% malware
bender
What time is it?
No, it's everyone due to a combination of factors like know-how and laziness.
clarky
Gold Member
If you own a PC and think Steam is difficult to stop from starting automatically then you either have no arms, are fucking retarded, or a mix of both.
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S0ULZB0URNE
Member
balls of snow
Gold Member
No surprise I have been using xbplay app on steam to remote play my series x through the deck. So technically playing on steam. Looks like every screen is an xbox after all.
Senua
Member
Lol is that Rofif opening his Playstation 1 for Christmas
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
nkarafo
Member
If you need to install STEAM and know how to do it, you are most likely also know how to stop the app on startup.
Then again, my mother wanted to play a poker game and i found one on STEAM for her so i installed STEAM on her laptop without disabling it from the startup, for convenience. I don't know if she still plays it but apparently she is a part of those "gamers" in the stats, despite never caring about videogames in her whole life.
awwr999999
Member
Even as user who knows how to install Windows software - it's a PITA to stop steam's processes as you can't just use the convenient X button on the top right edge of the window.
To actually shut it down you have to use the steam menu or Task Manager, either way being obnoxiously difficult.
Steam does things with controllers that can make its running in the background problematic for non-Steam games.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Topher
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awwr999999
Member
Having steam run automatically on startup by default is shady.
Having steam keep running in the background after you close Steam is shady.
For an outfit that's known for being pro consumer those two UX choices don't sit right.
This only applies to Steam on Windows as debian's steam package doesn't auto start by default.
Bojji
Member
It is obnoxiously difficult to select exit steam from a drop down menu?
Nonsense. Right click on the Steam icon in the task bar and....
Shit ton of programs don't stop when you just click "X". Right clock "exit" always works, you don't need to kill them in task manager.
I shut it down using "file"/steam menu most of the time, almost every program works like that:
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Bojji
Member
Online fee to play or something like gamepass? Online fee would kill them most likely...
Is it true Microsoft tried to charge PC gamers a monthly fee? - PC
For PC on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Is it true Microsoft tried to charge PC gamers a monthly fee?".
gamefaqs.gamespot.com
awwr999999
Member
Users have problems with closing Steam and turning off auto-start across OSes:
How can I disable Steam from starting up with Windows without logging in to Steam?
Is there a way to disable Steam from starting up automatically with Windows (XP/Vista/7) after installing it? I fix systems for people and some of them request or have Steam, so I reinstall it for...
gaming.stackexchange.com
How can I quit Steam on macOS 10.12 without force quitting?
Steam will not exit gracefully on macOS 10.12 Sierra. When selecting exit from the application menu or via secondary click on the app icon in the dock nothing happens. The process has to be termina...
apple.stackexchange.com
"Quasi-malware": Auto starts by default, is difficult to turn off and when "closed" prevents games outside of Steam from being playable.
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ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Users have problems with closing Steam and turning off auto-start across OSes:
How can I disable Steam from starting up with Windows without logging in to Steam?
Is there a way to disable Steam from starting up automatically with Windows (XP/Vista/7) after installing it? I fix systems for people and some of them request or have Steam, so I reinstall it for...How can I quit Steam on macOS 10.12 without force quitting?
Steam will not exit gracefully on macOS 10.12 Sierra. When selecting exit from the application menu or via secondary click on the app icon in the dock nothing happens. The process has to be termina...
"Quasi-malware": Auto starts by default, is difficult to turn off and when "closed" prevents games outside of Steam from being playable.
Literally a toggle in Setting.
Topher
Identifies as young
Users have problems with closing Steam and turning off auto-start across OSes:
How can I disable Steam from starting up with Windows without logging in to Steam?
Is there a way to disable Steam from starting up automatically with Windows (XP/Vista/7) after installing it? I fix systems for people and some of them request or have Steam, so I reinstall it for...How can I quit Steam on macOS 10.12 without force quitting?
Steam will not exit gracefully on macOS 10.12 Sierra. When selecting exit from the application menu or via secondary click on the app icon in the dock nothing happens. The process has to be termina...
"Quasi-malware": Auto starts by default, is difficult to turn off and its background processes prevents games outside of Steam from being playable.
Not sure what you think you've proven with this. The reddit guy received plenty of responses on what he was doing wrong and the solutions were not difficult. I'm just going to ignore the other two from eight and nine years ago. Operating systems have come a long way since then. Either way, Steam is not malware of any kind and manufacturing your own definition of "quasi-malware" isn't proof of anything.
RafterXL
Member
Users have problems with closing Steam and turning off auto-start across OSes:
How can I disable Steam from starting up with Windows without logging in to Steam?
Is there a way to disable Steam from starting up automatically with Windows (XP/Vista/7) after installing it? I fix systems for people and some of them request or have Steam, so I reinstall it for...How can I quit Steam on macOS 10.12 without force quitting?
Steam will not exit gracefully on macOS 10.12 Sierra. When selecting exit from the application menu or via secondary click on the app icon in the dock nothing happens. The process has to be termina...
"Quasi-malware": Auto starts by default, is difficult to turn off and when "closed" prevents games outside of Steam from being playable.
How is it difficult to turn off? Are you quasi-retarded?
It's literally under settings "run steam when my computer starts" . Click that off and it never starts with your PC again, so fucking difficult. And Steam 100% does not prevent other games from running when you close it.
If you are so dumb that this is a difficult task for you, you shouldn't playing games on PC anyway.
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Gabe's plan is to relocate Valve to New Zealand.
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
That would be everyone who opened PlayStation 1 for Christmas.
bender
What time is it?
Bojji
Member
clarky
Gold Member
Users have problems with closing Steam and turning off auto-start across OSes:
How can I disable Steam from starting up with Windows without logging in to Steam?
Is there a way to disable Steam from starting up automatically with Windows (XP/Vista/7) after installing it? I fix systems for people and some of them request or have Steam, so I reinstall it for...How can I quit Steam on macOS 10.12 without force quitting?
Steam will not exit gracefully on macOS 10.12 Sierra. When selecting exit from the application menu or via secondary click on the app icon in the dock nothing happens. The process has to be termina...
"Quasi-malware": Auto starts by default, is difficult to turn off and when "closed" prevents games outside of Steam from being playable.
Congratulations you found other retards on the internet. You'd be surprised just how many people struggle with day to day stuff just like you.
Heres someone who can't turn off his PS5:
Why is it so hard to turn off the PS5? What did you do to turn the system off?
Answer: Sony has buried the option to turn off the console in the quick actions menu that appears with a short tap of the PS button instead of a press and hold. But even when that menu is pulled up, you have to spend a few seconds navigating to the unlabelled icon representing power (the circle w...
See you are not alone in the world.
BTW pretty much all launchers will start with windows unless you tell them otherwise.
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Business
Member
They don't totally reset specially these days where console accounts carry your games into the next hardware. By the same token, the hardware running these Steam accounts isn't 20 years old either, the overwhelming majority is around mid PS4 cycle to PS5 age if you look at the latest hardware survey.
DanielG165
Gold Member
And to think, people were calling for Steam to crash and burn when it was still a new concept. This is an absolutely crazy milestone for Valve, and I expect more and more companies like Sony and MS to support Steam in bigger ways moving forward. It wouldn't make any financial sense to not.
nemiroff
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LazyParrot
Member
Users are retarded. It's literally two clicks and unchecking a box.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
We been hearing that for probably 5 years or so.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Users have problems with closing Steam and turning off auto-start across OSes:
How can I disable Steam from starting up with Windows without logging in to Steam?
Is there a way to disable Steam from starting up automatically with Windows (XP/Vista/7) after installing it? I fix systems for people and some of them request or have Steam, so I reinstall it for...How can I quit Steam on macOS 10.12 without force quitting?
Steam will not exit gracefully on macOS 10.12 Sierra. When selecting exit from the application menu or via secondary click on the app icon in the dock nothing happens. The process has to be termina...
"Quasi-malware": Auto starts by default, is difficult to turn off and when "closed" prevents games outside of Steam from being playable.
That's enough internet for you today.
YeulEmeralda
Linux User
Close I am playing Crystar. Don't bother looking it up it is some 5 year old weebshit game.
Yeah something similar or maybe a steam+ of some sorts $10/month and can play all games in early access. Ms couldn't do it because who the hell uses the windows store and they have no leverage.
Pretty much can bank on something like that day if valve ever goes public or daddy gabe sells.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
I feel like we heard this for the past 5 years or so too. But there's a much bigger chance that Playstation day 1 release their PS games on PC.
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Buggy Loop
Gold Member
Calm the fuck down Satan.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Nah just release a Steam Deck 2 or something.