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Ines S.

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PRESENTATION

Steam

Start

Agenda

General Information

Facts & Figures

Why is it a disrupter?

Times before Steam

Steam

General Information

General Information

  • Online platform for gaming
  • created by Valve Corporation in 2003
  • direct relationships between creators and customers
  • offers about 30.000 different games
  • download for free
  • available for all Windows Systems and Mac OS X 10.5.8. or 10.6.3

steam - home page

General Information

  • so successful, even Microsoft sells their games through it
  • steam account for digital platform
  • informs on updates and software patches
  • bundle deals and discounted games
  • $100 fee for adding a game to the store
  • splitted cut:
    • $10 mio -> 30%
    • $10-$50 mio -> 25%
    • up to $50 mio -> 20%

steam - news

steam - Update

steam - bundle deal

Steam

Facts & Figures

Facts & Figures

120 million monthly active users worldwide

2.6 mio new game buyers per month, purchase increase by 24.1%

biggest game on Steam is CSGO with over 1.3 mio players worldwide

game developers generated 50-99% of their annual revenues

Steam

Why is it a Disrupter?

why is it a disrupter?

direct contact

Community

Fast buying

  • steam library -> view statistics, achievements and more
  • Steam Chat and Game Hubs
  • Steam Workshop
  • buy a game online and install it directly on your computer
  • different paying methods
  • updates
  • trailer for new releases and early access
  • games ratings
  • sale up to 75% off

why is it a disrupter?

why is it a disrupter?

direct contact

Community

Fast buying

  • steam library -> view statistics, achievements and more
  • Steam Chat and Game Hubs
  • Steam Workshop
  • buy a game online and install it directly on your computer
  • different paying methods
  • updates
  • trailer for new releases and early access
  • games ratings
  • sale up to 75% off

why is it a disrupter?

Steam

Times before steam

TIMES BEFORE STEAM

  • BOUGHT GAMES IN A SHOPPING MALL OR GAME STORE
  • DECENT STOCK OF GAMES
  • EMPLOYEES GAVE ADVICES
  • TEST GAMES IN STORES
  • NO EARLY ACCESS AND DEMO VERSIONS
  • Marketing through magazines and tv spots
  • some discs in Pc gaming magazines
  • need a computer with a cd driver
  • the cd must be in the driver for playing the game
  • big box with manuals
  • no automatic updates and patches -> find a website for download
  • to sell -> find a publisher and persuade them that the game has commercial potential

Now

In the past

TIMES BEFORE STEAM

  • BOUGHT GAMES IN A SHOPPING MALL OR GAME STORE
  • DECENT STOCK OF GAMES
  • EMPLOYEES GAVE ADVICES
  • TEST GAMES IN STORES
  • NO EARLY ACCESS AND DEMO VERSIONS
  • Marketing through magazines and tv spots
  • some discs in Pc gaming magazines
  • need a computer with a cd driver
  • the cd must be in the driver for playing the game
  • big box with manuals
  • no automatic updates and patches -> find a website for download
  • to sell -> find a publisher and persuade them that the game has commercial potential

Sources

https://store.steampowered.com/about/?l=german

12th April 2022

https://www.valvesoftware.com/de/about

https://digital.hbs.edu/platform-digit/submission/steam-the-gaming-platform-before-there-were-platforms/

https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-versions/

https://cs-agents.com/blog/steam/

https://www.statista.com/topics/4282/steam/#topicHeader__wrapper

https://hackernoon.com/how-steam-apple-and-google-use-their-monopoly-in-the-gaming-industry-1k2q3yic

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