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Steam user count tops Xbox Live ahead of Valve's console push Oct 30th 2013, 17:59, by Jared Newman Anyone who thinks PC gaming is in trouble hasn't heard of Steam. Valve's popular PC game store and online service now has more than 65 million active accounts, the company announced, up 30 percent from a year ago. The number of PC gamers using Steam is now greater than the number of Xbox Live users, which stands at 48 million according to Microsoft. Unmentioned by Valve, however, is how many of those users are on Windows, versus other platforms. It's probably the vast majority. Valve has a big challenge ahead as it tries to make Linux the premiere gaming platform of the future. The company is preparing to launch SteamOS, a Linux-based open platform for living room gaming, and has promised a variety of " Steam Machines" to come. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: valve_steam_logo_580-100066805-small.jpg

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