[ThatPlayer]

The explanation I've heard is simply: Chinese New Years happened, which means a lot more Chinese gamers are online in February during the week long national holiday.

It happened in last year's March stats too: https://web.archive.org/web/20250404061527/https://store.ste... -25%

[hkmaxpro]

How does a Jan/Feb holiday affect this year’s March number (that was reported in early April)?

I’m not talking about the Feb number that is reported in March.

[ThatPlayer]

The number being discussed is not March alone, but the percent change. So March's number relative to February's number.

[jdiff]

A holiday that warps numbers in February will no longer be warping things in March.