Steam 2010 Revenue Nearly $1 Billion?

Valve's Steam service took in almost $1 billion USD, according to Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment, where they say: "Estimated revenues through the major digital PC retailer were estimated at $970 million USD in 2010, with December capping off the year with an estimated $213 million USD." They offer a list of the top titles on the service, which was dominated by shooters:

Top Selling Titles, by Estimated Gross Revenues in 2010

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision) - $98.2 Million USD
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision) - $39.4 Million USD
  • Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve) - $36.0 Million USD
  • Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts) - $25.4 Million USD
  • Sid Meier's Civilization V (2K Games) - $21.9 Million USD
  • Portal (Valve) - $20.0 Million USD
  • Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks) - $17.0 Million USD
  • Metro 2033 (THQ) - $13.4 Million USD
  • Mafia II (2K Games) - $11.9 Million USD
  • Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising (THQ) - $10.8 Million USD
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SpectralMeat wrote on Feb 3, 2011, 10:04:
Wow !

Black Ops alone sold 4X more on Steam than Bad Company 2. I know BC2 was not Steam exclusive like BO but still almost 100 million from BO is unbelievable.
Even L4D2 sold only 1/3rd of BO. Wow, no wonder Activision is shitting out the CoD games in every 10-12 months.

BFBC2 is also cheaper than CODBO, and the price dropped fairly quick on it. A more telling number for comparison purposes is units sold
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