Not exactly a surprise but still great to see for Steam Deck fans for the ongoing support from Valve, as the Steam Deck is now firmly the global top seller on Steam once again.
They are comparing the totality of the value something has been bought for. So a $60 game needs to sell 10 copies, when $600 piece of hardware just needs to sell one. That’s been the reason why Valve Index was nr 1 for so long - it was very expensive, with purchases comming from the enthusiast market. Same thing for the steam deck - not many people will buy it, but it will be worth a lot of AAA games.
Steam deck is a top seller on steam when they release a new steam deck, and nothing much else has released recently.
It would be news if it wasn’t
Also, it’s not clear if Valve is just comparing Steam Deck sales against other hardware Valve sells or against game sales.
If its against other Valve hardware, the measurement of “top seller” is a joke.
They are comparing the totality of the value something has been bought for. So a $60 game needs to sell 10 copies, when $600 piece of hardware just needs to sell one. That’s been the reason why Valve Index was nr 1 for so long - it was very expensive, with purchases comming from the enthusiast market. Same thing for the steam deck - not many people will buy it, but it will be worth a lot of AAA games.
Yep, same thing, it’s a misleading metric to be basing it on to begin with for “top seller” status, in my opinion.