File:Garrys-Mod-sales-graph.png
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Summary
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Screenshot released by Garry Newman which shows the sales graph of his Garry's Mod video game on Steam. Released March 2012. The large spikes represent dates the game was on sale. See steamgamesales.com to see correlations. |
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Steam website, originally released by Garry Newman onto Twitter. [1] |
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Purpose of use |
To give a visual representation of the sales figures and internal interface and data provided to companies that have games on the Steam service. |
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No |
Other information |
This image is significant and of encyclopedic relevance, as Valve, the company that owns Steam refuses to releases any sales data. Companies, rarely, if ever provide any sales figures only on Steam, due to contractual obligations.[2][3] It is extremely helpful, as it gives the reader an idea of the typical sales of a game. |
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current | 06:23, 22 January 2017 | 586 × 170 (23 KB) | Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) | |
23:07, 25 December 2012 | No thumbnail | 1,639 × 477 (45 KB) | Vaypertrail (talk | contribs) | {{Non-free use rationale |Article = Steam (software) |Description = Screenshot released by Garry Newman which shows the sales graph of his Garry's Mod video game on Steam. Released March 2012. The large spikes represent dates the game... |
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