• ampersandrew@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Valve says the data proves “Steam isn’t just a storefront—it provides social community, game discoverability, interactive events, and a deep set of game-enhancing features to attract and retain players who will be checking out new games in the future.”

    I think it proves that Steam is the largest storefront on PC and that PC is growing and replacing other platforms.

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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      18 hours ago

      I haven’t seen an interactive event on Steam for, like, a decade. Unless they’re counting sales as interactive events. 🤔

      They used to have, like, gamified events where you’re earning things (like maybe trading cards or badges or other Steam profile items) by playing a small little browser game inside the store page. Those were always fun.

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        They kinda died along side the flash deals. I miss the crazy sales, but I understand why they removed them.

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        18 hours ago

        The Next Fests might count. They kind of fill the role that something like PAX does, encouraging you to try out demos.

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          Yeah I’d say that counts. It definitely feels like a community event to me and doesn’t cost money to participate

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        17 hours ago

        one example of a steam interactive event was when valve was actively giving viewers who were watching the game awards through steam a raffle to get a free steam deck

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      PC is the fastest growing market. Consoles are slumping and I think the return of Steam Machines done right would accelerate the market shift.