Steam enjoys a record year in 2011

News - Registered steam accounts reach 40 million

They may have gotten 2012 off to a bang celebrating the most ever concurrent users yet on Steam on the 2nd of January but 2011 was a pretty awesome year for Valve's digital platform too.

In fact according to Valve 2011 was all good news for Steam with year-on-year sales growing by 100 percent, registered accounts breaking the 40 million barrier and titles available jumping to 1800 titles.

The number of registered Steamworks titles also grew by 67 percent on 2010 with 14.5 million copies of games registered in 2011 spurred on by great releases like Skyrim, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Modern Warfare 3.

Valve supremo Gabe Newell elaborated on their success and plans for 2012: "Steam and Steamworks continues to evolve to keep up with customer and developer demands for new services and content. Support for in-game item trading prompted the exchange of over 19 million items. Support for Free to Play (FTP) games, launched in June, has spurred the launch of 18 FTP titles on Steam, with more coming in 2012. Looking forward, we are preparing for the launch of the Big Picture UI mode, which will allow gamers to experience Steam on large displays and in more rooms of the house."