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What does "online" mean when talking about a single player game? I am thinking about playing oblivion on xbox360 and I can not understand what being "online" w

• jamesaguilar 15y ago
  It just means that they are playing it right now. Since most people stay logged in while playing SP Steam games, they can tell how many people are playing any given game at any given time. In other news, I'm proud to be one of the 240k. :)
  • electromagnetic 15y ago
    For Xbox players this would be akin to being logged into a live-account whilst playing a single player game. I regularly see what my friends are playing when I check who's online.
• xymostech 15y ago
  I believe that it's only considered "online" because you have to be connected up to Steam in order for it to play. I don't think you really get anything out of it from being online.
  • cynest 15y ago
    Not true. You only have to connect to steam once for activation and to patch. Otherwise you can chill in offline mode all you want.