Steam Rakes in Nearly $1 Billion in 2010

dmcg · 3 Feb 2011 at 20:53

Pretty sad 2 cod games on top but meh

According to Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment (FADE), a market research firm that produces monthly and annual reports for Steam, Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, WiiWare & Virtual Console, and mobile markets, Valve's PC distribution platform got an estimated revenue of US$970 million in 2010.

Director of Research & Analysis, Benjamin Schlichter, stated, "Steam's growth has been remarkable during the year. Over 180 titles were estimated reaching over $1 million USD in revenue for the year, painting a very healthy market for developers and publishers, with more room for growth in the future."

Here are the top selling games on Steam for 2010.

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision) - $98.2 Million USD
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision) - $39.4 Million USD
3. Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve) - $36.0 Million USD
4. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts) - $25.4 Million USD
5. Sid Meier's Civilization V (2K Games) - $21.9 Million USD
6. Portal (Valve) - $20.0 Million USD
7. Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks) - $17.0 Million USD
8. Metro 2033 (THQ) - $13.4 Million USD
9. Mafia II (2K Games) - $11.9 Million USD
10. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising (THQ) - $10.8 Million USD

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/58910/Steam-Rakes-in-Nearly-1-Billion-in-2010

LeJosh · 3 Feb 2011 at 20:56

It's nice to see civ 5 and DoW up there. The rest... Not so much.

d_brennen · 3 Feb 2011 at 20:56

Oh noes! PC gaming is dead! Hang on... $1 billion...

'Wes · 3 Feb 2011 at 20:58

****, BO is top and MW2 second...

Aedus · 3 Feb 2011 at 21:00

They were steamworks, what do you expect?

Shamikebab · 3 Feb 2011 at 21:06

How have they worked that out exactly?

Surely most of those Portal 'purchases' for example are when it was being given away for free?

Frapple · 3 Feb 2011 at 21:14

I'd like to see how many of the CoD games were actual Steam prices - who are these people paying £50 or whatever Activision are charging these days!

CaptainRAVE · 3 Feb 2011 at 21:41

Steam is the saviour of gaming on the PC. It is a great platform and I hope they continue to give it the support it deserves.

wnb · 3 Feb 2011 at 21:45

A market research firm... so its basically an educated guess.

Destination · 3 Feb 2011 at 22:49

Shamikebab said:
How have they worked that out exactly?

Surely most of those Portal 'purchases' for example are when it was being given away for free?

I agree, the portal figure is staggering.
Most people got free portal with the orange box about 24 years ago.
If steam made $20M in sales on portal in 2010, then something very very odd is happening.

Lithon · 3 Feb 2011 at 23:06

Not really that surprising what the top 2 are, one of the biggest selling fps of all time and it's been at like £40 since release - but who wouldn't keep it at that if it's making 100 million dollars. I own neither before you hate

. Also glad to see civ and dow making an entry, even though I thought civ 5 was one of the worst civs.. guess that's marketing power for you.