Retail video game sales might be 
floundering in 2009, but Steam, the largest digital distributor of PC games, is have a banner year.
Valve Software, maker of the “Half-Life” franchise and the owner of Steam, say active accounts at the service have topped 30 million – with new growth of 178 percent in the past 12 months. At its peak, the number of simultaneous players has reached 3 million.
Chris Morris: Journalist 