There are not only economic losers of the corona crisis. In addition to streaming portals such as Netflix and supermarket chains, part of the gaming industry is also profiting from the current exceptional situation. Steam, for example, was able to achieve a new visitor record at the weekend. The same applies to the other gaming platforms.
High player numbers at Steam
Valve will have been happy about the new record of the weekend. The successful gaming platform was able to announce a new milestone with approx. 20.3 million users. This large number of players was online simultaneously on Sunday. A similar situation was also observed with the online service of XBOX. In the last few days, XBOX Live has recorded an exceptionally high level of user activity. This is not least due to the constantly spreading coronavirus. Due to quarantine, people are either forced to stay at home or do not even want to come into contact with the new virus.
double win for Valve
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