Steam Scorches to Nearly $1 Billion in Revenue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[twonunpackmule]

We realize we're preaching to the choir here, but PC gaming is alive and well, folks. Nay, PC gaming is thriving and well. Sure, your local GameStop/Babbages likely reduced the PC game section to a sad looking rack situated between walls of console titles, but while brick and mortar store shelves are getting smaller, virtual shelves keep growing. No one knows this better than Valve, who's Steam platform raked in nearly $1 billion ($970 million) in revenue in 2010, according to Forcasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment (FADE).

"Steam's growth has been remarkable during the year," said Benjamin Schlichter, Director of Research & Analysis. "Over 180 titles were estimated reaching over $1 million USD in revenue for the year, painting a very healthy market for developers and publishers, with more room for growth in the future."

Activision's Call of Duty franchise dominated the top 2 spots with Black Ops (No. 1) pulling in $98.2 million and Modern Warfare 2 (No. 2) earning $39.4 million. Both because of the popularity of the franchise and expansion packs, Activision was the most successful publisher on Steam in 2010, raking in an estimated $153 million, FADE said.

Other titles on the top 10 list, in order from No. 3 to No. 10, including Left 4 Dead 2 ($36 million), Battlefield: Bad Company 2 ($25.4 million), Sid Meier's Civilization V ($21.9 million), Portal ($20 million), Fallout: New Vegas ($17 million), Metro 2033 ($13.4 million), Mafia II ($11.9 million), and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising ($10.8 million).

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/new...illion_revenue


Here's a few more !!!!!!!!!!. Good, got the bases covered.

[Bane]

I see what you did there.

[KageMaru]

Good, now maybe they can hire more people to finish Episode 3 before I die of old age.

[twonunpackmule]

Good, now maybe they can hire more people to finish Episode 3 before I die of old age.

I'm fully prepared to be 40 before that game comes out.

[nmcmahan52]

you'd think with all that money, gabe probably has a chair made of funyuns

[twonunpackmule]

you'd think with all that money, gabe probably has a chair made of funyuns

Naw, just with the skulls of the Asian kids that were forced to pack the bags.

[Favelle]

Weird, according to most here, PC gaming was dead? Hmmm...

[Bane]

Weird, according to most here, PC gaming was dead? Hmmm...

Who all has said that? Got anything to verify that "most of us" have?

[nmcmahan52]

Who all has said that? Got anything to verify that "most of us" have?

yeah since i buy steam games pretty much on the regular

[Badger3920]

you'd think with all that money, gabe probably has had a chair made of funyuns

Fixed for truth. He now "has" crumbs on his mouth.

[murphjp]

The issue with this is valve is a private company so this information is speculative. I highly doubt portal made the amount of money they say this year. They did give away a ton of copies of this game this year.

[twonunpackmule]

What reason do they have to lie? If they were going to lie, I'm sure they would have gone for the gold...like $50,000,000.

[Favelle]

What reason do they have to lie? If they were going to lie, I'm sure they would have gone for the gold...like $50,000,000.

$50 Million?

[upgrayedd]

Why make billions when we could make........MILLIONS!

[murphjp]

What reason do they have to lie? If they were going to lie, I'm sure they would have gone for the gold...like $50,000,000.

This info isn't from valve so that is why I don't trust it.