mop_fbm said:

When the client receives a server state update, what does it do?

To keep prediction going and stop you from rubberbanding constantly, you keep a buffer of all your past inputs back to when you received the last update (up to a certain limit). When you receive an update from the server, …

Valve has shared a blog post detailing how new releases have been performing over the last decade. 

According to Valve:

• Over the years, there's been a continuous increase in the number of games achieving success on Steam. 
• Earnings prospects for most - but not all - games improved in 2019.

Th…