The onlinegameplatform Steam on 2 January 2012, the milestone of five million users logged in reached. The popularity of Skyrim and the special kerstmisdeals of Steam contributed to the record number of gamers.
The stats page of Steam shows that on January 2, 2012 to a peak of 5.012.654 logged-in users was noted. In the week before the turn of the year the record was already several times broken, but on January 2, was the number of simultaneously logged-in users for the first time about the five million.
PC Gamer notes that the continued success of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which has now become the most played game on Steam, and the special kerstmisdeals have played a role in the establishment of the new record. Around christmas offers Steam each year, a variety of games and packages of different games for rock bottom prices.
Steam has existed since 2003 and the gamesbibliotheek contains more than 1800 games. The total number of users of Valves onlinegameservice is over 35 million people.