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PC gamers across the world downloaded over 44 billion gigabytes worth of data from Steam's servers.
A recent release from Steam has revealed the incredible amount of data downloaded from the service in 2022.
Valve's new Steam Year in Review 2022 stats showed incredible growth for the platform.
Steam saw significant improvement in their number last year with the amount of data consumed by PC users worldwide, breaking previous concurrent user records last year.
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Valve recently smashed a record of over 33 million users online at once in the storefront to buy games.
'In early January 2023 we crossed the 33,000,000 mark for concurrent users.' a statement read.
Valve’s Steam Year in Review 2022 stat shows significant improvement in active users
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The company said an average 83,000 new users logged in to buy games every day of 2022, while citing titles like Call of Duty, Lost Ark and Elden Ring as the top-played games when they released in 2022. A feat that definitely made it among the top 100 busiest airports in the world.
One of the most ridiculous stat that Valve shared earlier this month is the amount of data Steam users go through.
Via the report, the company says that gamers downloaded over 44.7 exabytes of data(44.7 billion gigabytes).
Adding so many new users means constant maintenance of our global content delivery network. Our total content delivery increased 36% from 2021, for a total of 44.7 exabytes downloaded to players. And just how much is 44.7 exabytes? About as much data as if every one of the 8 billion people on planet Earth downloaded a 5.5 gigabyte game.
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And China boasts the consumers of the most data with over 232 petabytes followed by the United States with 184.4 petabytes.
Meanwhile, Valve have said there is still more to expect regarding the Steam Deck, having emphasized it wants to make new iterations of the handheld PC.
What is Steam Deck?
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Steam Deck is another step in Valve's efforts to make PC gaming more accessible to gamers worldwide.
The gadget is a fully functional PC designed for handheld gaming, and Deck has made Steam’s library available on the go to customers worldwide.
Steam Deck is an open and cross-compatible device in which customers can install other operating systems, run other PC game stores, and plug in whatever peripherals they want.
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