The following article originally featured on hallife2.net in December 2007. It is reproduced here in its original state.

Steam is changing the gaming world. That is what I think, and I think it is doing it for the better. Since it first came into being with the release of Counter Strike 1.4 it has gone through legal proceedings, long periods of downtime and major facelifts. But that is history, I want to talk about how Steam is going to, and is changing the gaming world.

Currently Steam is host to over 13 million accounts (of which I contribute two) and distributes 219 games (as of 3/12/07) numbers which are constantly increasing. As such Steam offers developers a chance to distribute and promote their products to over 13 million users. It is a platform offering developers a great chance to analyze the statistics of users playing their games and the hardware they are currently using. Steam is also an unparalleled online distribution method and is most likely contributing a massive amount to PC game sales.

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