15 Million People Have Been Steamed

Valve has announced that Steam has reached the 15 million accounts mark, which is a very impressive figure. It’s hard to believe that just a few years ago it seemed like nothing more than a hurdle between you and playing Half-Life 2, but now it’s my method of choice for buying new PC games.

“PC gaming is thriving, and has evolved into an era of constant connectivity,” said Gabe Newell, president of Valve. “That connectivity gives us the ability to have a much better relationship with customers, not just for delivering our games, but across all aspects of our business – including the design, development, and support of our games. Features like Guest Passes, Free Weekends, Gifting, and the Steam Community have been very well received both by customers and the developers who are using Steam. We are accelerating our release of new functionality in the next year as well as finding new ways to work with our partners such as the release of Steamworks, which allows them to bring the many benefits of Steam to their packaged products.”

So much for Games for Windows.