[quote]Steam now has more than 65 million active accounts. The figure marks a 30 percent rise in players over the last year. The video game digital-download platform also boasts daily peak concurrent users of more than 6 million.[/quote]
Of course there are some differences between XBL and Steam, such as XBL hosting games bought in brick-and-mortar stores. But it's still a significant moment in the life of Steam.
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To everyone saying this is because of XBL subscription fee: From the article: [quote]Microsoft's Xbox Live has 48 million accounts — around half of whom reportedly paid extra for a gold subscription to play online in 2010[/quote] They are counting both Silver and Gold accounts.