Steam has its Record of users logged in at the same time broken again. While Valves' distribution platform reached a new peak of 18.8 million users on February 2, 2020, it reached 19.7 million in the early morning of March 15.
According to the statistics on the official website of Steam, the current high is exactly 19,728,027 users.
Counter-strike hits the millions: Thanks to this increase in users, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was able to reach the mark of one million simultaneously logged-in accounts for the first time. It is the third game on Steam ever to exceed this value.
How does the increase come about?
It is not unlikely that Spread of the new corona virus is responsible for the increases in the recent past. Quarantine measures started in China around February 2nd. In order to maintain social contacts even though you are tied to your own home, many residents of the country turned to video games.
For fear of the virus, many people are currently opting to voluntarily isolate themselves and many companies are switching to home office. Governments also order quarantine measures and schools are temporarily closed or their lessons are shifted to streaming services.
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What does the corona virus mean for games and films?
in the Fight the pandemic some of the scientists rely on cloud computing. The folding @ home project, for example, is dedicated to fighting the virus. This uses the computing power of your PC to help research disease. The graphics card manufacturer Nvidia now asked the players to support this endeavor.