• Steam hits 65 million active users
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[img]http://i.imgur.com/35kGU23.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-10-30-steam-passes-65-million-active-users-milestone[/url] [quote]65 million people are now using Steam, Valve has announced, a rise of 30 per cent from this time last year.[/quote]
Bad rats sale caused influx of new users
it's all because valve did a fantastic job on getting this far, and it is almost as popular as youtube or facebook.
Thankfully Razer saved us!
One active user for each year that has passed since the dinosaurs went extinct
[QUOTE=darkedone02;42700585]it's all because valve did a fantastic job on getting this far, and it is almost as popular as youtube or facebook.[/QUOTE] It is becoming more like a gamer's version of facebook, but with less stupid things and more real games.
[QUOTE=smurfy;42700605]One active user for each year that has passed since the dinosaurs went extinct[/QUOTE] Does that mean every user past 65 million is a dinosaur?
[QUOTE=Falubii;42700655]Does that mean every user past 65 million is a dinosaur?[/QUOTE] No it means that the first users are the dinosaurs.
I remember when people absolutely hated steam, I would be playing hl2 DM in 2006 and the updates often left it down for days, a lot of people where using xfire because there was no 'add non-steam game' option. It's pretty awesome seeing company come so far.
[QUOTE=breakyourfac;42700715]I remember when people absolutely hated steam, I would be playing hl2 DM in 2006 and the updates often left it down for days, a lot of people where using xfire because there was no 'add non-steam game' option. It's pretty awesome seeing company come so far.[/QUOTE] Shit I remember when it came out in 2003 and when they stopped using the WON servers.
Now make the client less shit, please.
[QUOTE=Skyward;42700937]Now make the client less shit, please.[/QUOTE] If only they didn't force us to download directx and visual studio every time we download a game. I cleaned out 5gb yesterday deleting all that shit
[QUOTE=breakyourfac;42700715]I remember when people absolutely hated steam, I would be playing hl2 DM in 2006 and the updates often left it down for days, a lot of people where using xfire because there was no 'add non-steam game' option. It's pretty awesome seeing company come so far.[/QUOTE] I'd still rather not use the DRM part of it if given the choice. But then it wouldn't be DRM, would it. I remember I used to hate steam so fucking much, not without reason either.
65 million active users who all have to use jpg compressed avatars Shame on you Valve
I think you'll find this image is far more appropriate. [img]http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/493/172/38e.gif[/img]
[QUOTE=Rika-chan;42701044]If only they didn't force us to download directx and visual studio every time we download a game. I cleaned out 5gb yesterday deleting all that shit[/QUOTE] Excuse me for my stupidity but how do you go about doing this?
Every user is a twinkle in Gabe's beard.
That's cool.
[QUOTE=Carbon123;42701318]Excuse me for my stupidity but how do you go about doing this?[/QUOTE] [url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/tikione/]TikiOne Steam Cleaner[/url]
[QUOTE=Rika-chan;42701044]If only they didn't force us to download directx and visual studio every time we download a game. I cleaned out 5gb yesterday deleting all that shit[/QUOTE] It's not really their fault. [QUOTE=A Valve employee]This is not a matter of making sure your overall DirectX install being up-to-date. Microsoft has a helper library with D3D called D3DX. There are over 40 different versions of the D3DX library for D3D9 alone, and many more for D3D10 and 11 as well. Each game that uses the D3DX helper library is linked to a specific version. As such the game must run the correct D3D installer version that it was specifically compiled with to ensure the binaries exist. Even if a later version of the binary is already installed, that version cannot be used, and even if your DirectX install is up-to-date because you’ve run a more recent version of the installer that is not guaranteed to have installed all previous versions. Even worse, if a version is installed for x86 it doesn’t guarantee the same version is installed for x64, so 64 bit and 32 bit games may need to run the same exact installer version but targeting different platforms when run.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Rika-chan;42701044]If only they didn't force us to download directx and visual studio every time we download a game. I cleaned out 5gb yesterday deleting all that shit[/QUOTE] You have a choice of games either working for sure or there being a risk of it not working. I assume valve and developers are taking the safe route, although they are apparently working on it. Blame Microsoft (even though they cannot really be to blame) for the frequent updates to DX. You need to have the [B]exact[/B] version of it installed that was used by the developers.
[QUOTE=Stents*;42701415]It's not really their fault.[/QUOTE] It is. Everyone who used dxwebsetup already has all of these. They should just run that one instead of installing them separetely every time. Luckily closing the window cancels the install.
I remember Steam("-ing pile of shit") being pretty bad when I originally installed it shortly after HL2 came out. It's come a long way.
[QUOTE=Blackbird88;42701702]It is. Everyone who used dxwebsetup already has all of these. They should just run that one instead of installing them separetely every time. Luckily closing the window cancels the install.[/QUOTE] Did you even read the quote? Also Microsoft doesn't just let them distribute any version of the installer they want.
[QUOTE=Stents*;42701761]Did you even read the quote? Also Microsoft doesn't just let them distribute any version of the installer they want.[/QUOTE] I did. It's false. I never installed any of these dx installs steam forces on me and every game always worked for me. Guess I am lucky. :v:
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[QUOTE=Blackbird88;42701807]I did. It's false. I never installed any of these dx installs steam forces on me and every game always worked for me. Guess I am lucky. :v:[/QUOTE] Its not false, its how DirectX works. If they used something introduced (or removed) in a specific version it wouldn't work for you. You are just lucky.
[QUOTE=Blackbird88;42701807]I did. It's false. I never installed any of these dx installs steam forces on me and every game always worked for me. Guess I am lucky. :v:[/QUOTE] Microsoft doesn't let them use a "Universal" version of the DirectX installer. So they have no way of knowing if someone has all of the libraries installed.
[QUOTE=Stents*;42701910]Microsoft doesn't let them use a "Universal" version of the DirectX installer. So they have no way of knowing if someone has all of the libraries installed.[/QUOTE] They are working on a thing that stops it though, from what I can work out it keeps track of what it has installed and only installs new ones. A lot of games install the same one over and over again.
7 years ago I couldn't get HL1 cause of Steam (specifically, I only had an awful dial-up) and through my little knowledge I thought it's a shitty DRM program. Now look at my fabulous 100+ games library.
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