Steam has announced the computer platform has surpassed 65 million active users, a number that trumps last year's total by 30%. Steam's increase in popularity can be contributed to a number of different factors including the great prices and sales available on the network, the increased processing power of most home computers. the introduction of
Steam Trading Cards and the announcement of upcoming Steam Boxes. If you're not currently a member of Steam, there has never been a better time than now with many horror games available for discounted prices for the Steam's Halloween Sale. Read on for more details on Steam's success.
"The main goal of Steam has always been to increase the quality of the user's experience by reducing the distance between content creators and their audience," Valve boss Gabe Newell explained.
"As the platform grows, our job is to adapt to the changing needs of both the development and user communities. In the coming year, we plan to make perhaps our most significant collaborations with both communities through the Steam Dev Days and the Steam Machines beta."
For more information or to sign up for a free Steam account, check out the official
Steam website.
