Free 'Left 4 Dead 2' offer causes new record in Steam concurrent users

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On Wednesday, Valve gave Steam users an unexpected Christmas gift when it offered its 2009 zombie co-op shooter "Left 4 Dead 2" for free for 24 hours. That free offer has come and gone but the after effects are still being felt online with a new surge of online players for the game.

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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CBJPosted:

Lol I hope they see that so many people jumped on that game and played it and broke records on Steam so they may think about Left 4 Dead 3.

HOFPosted:

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Aggie Dang. I missed this deal. I wished I would have seen this.


Unlucky, I got it buddy!, great game, but more

I also missed the deal by a few hours :( I was so mad at myself.

iIIuminatiPosted:

Aggie Dang. I missed this deal. I wished I would have seen this.


Unlucky, I got it buddy!, great game, but more

DeathsbugsyPosted:

Thlack I already had it:/ It's cool that they do stuff like this every now and then. It brings more users to the world of PC gaming and gives other good games some much-needed publicity.


I had it as well, but got it on an alt for my brother or friend to play with me.

SwiftPosted:

Dang. I missed this deal. I wished I would have seen this.

KatsumiPosted:

I'm not too surprised to be honest, Left 4 dead 2 is a hugely renown game and people will be bound to jump onto the opportunity of getting it for free (and playing online at that)

SHSPosted:

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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.


Theres rumours of a L4D3 in development.


rumours on Half life 3 have been around for years. don't get excited.


On the valve project board, l4d3 is in fact being worked on.

squidgyPosted:

I was going to buy it the other day before christmas, But i waited to see if there was a sale E.G 50% off. Glad I waited to the point i saved 13$ overall in all seriousness this game is just fun to play and mess around with friends!

ReversingPosted:

man if only i was a PC player D:

ThlackPosted:

I already had it:/ It's cool that they do stuff like this every now and then. It brings more users to the world of PC gaming and gives other good games some much-needed publicity.


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