I-Steam manje isisethe irekhodi lomsebenzisi elisha; kube nezigidi ezingu-28.2 zabasebenzisi ngesikhathi esisodwa ngempelasonto edlule. Impela eminyakeni emibili edlule, bekunabasebenzisi abambalwa abayizigidi eziyishumi ngasikhathi sinye ku-inthanethi kuplathifomu yegeyimu.
Inani eliphakeme lamanje labadlali abadlala ngasikhathi sinye abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-28.2 liyirekhodi elisha, njengoba kubika i-akhawunti ye-Twitter i-SteamDB. Inombolo iphinde ibalwe ku-database ye-SteamDB. Irekhodi langaphambilini laqoshwa evikini eledlule. Ngaleso sikhathi kwakunabadlali abacishe babe yizigidi ezingama-28 kanti ngoNovemba odlule isibalo sasingu-27.3 million ngasikhathi sinye.
Umhlaziyi wenkampani yakwaNiko Partners, uDaniel Ahmad, kusho kuTwitter ukuthi lesi siqongo samanje ngokwengxenye siwumphumela wokukhula okuqinile onyakeni ka-2020 ngenxa yomthelela wegciwane le-corona. Uthi kuyacaca ukuthi lokhu kukhula kuqhubekile ngo-2021.
NgoJanuwari 2019, isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka ngaphambi kokuqala kobhubhane lwe-corona, kwafinyelelwa inani eliphakeme labadlali abayizigidi eziyi-17.6 ngesikhathi esisodwa. Lokho bekuyizigidi eziyi-18.3 ngoJanuwari 2020. Kusukela ekuqaleni kwalolu bhubhane ngoMashi 2020, bekucishe kube yizigidi ezingama-24. Ngemuva kwalokho, inani lehle kakhulu, kepha kusukela ehlobo lika-2020 kube nokukhuphuka okukhulu; ngoMasingana nyakenye kube nenani eliphakeme lezigidi ezingama-25.4 kanti inani lezigidi ezingama-28.2 manje selizuziwe.
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