Free 'Left 4 Dead 2' offer causes new record in Steam concurrent users
According to the Steam online stats page, the number of concurrent users for "Left 4 Dead 2" reached a peak of 134,841 players today, second only to another Valve-developed game, "Dota 2". The same page shows that the number of total concurrent users on Steam reached a new high of 7,506,268 players today. Steam broke the 7 million concurrent user mark for the first time on December 1st. Another page on the Steam site shows that the total amount of bandwidth for downloads on Steam reached a peak of 4,415 Gbps earlier today, well above normal.
Valve is still in the middle of its annual Steam holiday game sale and it's likely that the number of online users will stay elevated through the end of the event on January 3rd. "Left 4 Dead 2" is part of the sale and while it's not free anymore, it's currently being sold for just $9.99, a 50 percent discount from its normal price.
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JamyPosted:
Stex I feel that the left 4 dead 2 deal is great, but they had so much they could do, the game just feels so repetitive!
http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/browse/?appid=550&browsesort=toprated&browsefilter=toprated&p=1
There are thousands of mods if you want to change it up a bit.
322Posted:
HKSVPNHonk Wait L4D2 cam out in 2009. They really need to make a new one.
Yeah, I don't know if they have any fresh ideas for it. Also that's quite a bit of people on there.
Theres rumours of a L4D3 in development.
rumours on Half life 3 have been around for years. don't get excited.
iIIuminatiPosted:
I feel that the left 4 dead 2 deal is great, but they had so much they could do, the game just feels so repetitive!
HKSPosted:
VPNHonk Wait L4D2 cam out in 2009. They really need to make a new one.
Yeah, I don't know if they have any fresh ideas for it. Also that's quite a bit of people on there.
Theres rumours of a L4D3 in development.
VPNPosted:
Honk Wait L4D2 cam out in 2009. They really need to make a new one.
Yeah, I don't know if they have any fresh ideas for it. Also that's quite a bit of people on there.
whatanamePosted:
Honk Wait L4D2 cam out in 2009. They really need to make a new one.
One day you will learn that valve don't like the number 3 ;)
JamyPosted:
Neds This is sort of like the 360 free games with gold idea.
Left For Dead 2 is still a really fun game.
That was great of steam to do that
But Steam is a free service.
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