Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Valve just presented Steam's best year at GDC. The reality is a lot more complicated.

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00:00 The Future Of Gaming Is On PC
01:09 The Numbers Look Great. Too Great.
03:41 What Valve Isn't Telling You
08:42 The Bottleneck Nobody's Fixed
10:00 What Happens Next

Sources:
newzoo.com/resources/trend-reports/the-pc-console-gaming-report-2026

steamdb.info/app/3764200

steamdb.info/app/2868840

gamedeveloper.com/business/valve-says-5-836-titles-earned-over-100-000-on-steam-in-2025

https://bsky.app/profile/mikerose.bsky.social/post/3mgubslj24c23

store.steampowered.com/charts/bestofyear/2025?tab=2

newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/what-steams-2026-biz-update-tells

pcgamesn.com/slay-the-spire/slay-the-spire-sales