FaRmLaNd said:
Hapimeses said:
FaRmLaNd said:
Well, whilst I have no data to back it up, I think the average steam user probably buys more games and is very likely to take advantage of sales (as compared to a console userbase). I know I've bought more games on steam this year then I have on any console digital platform all together.
I've bought 2 games on xbla over the entire life of the console and I've bought 8 games on steam just this year.
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Whilst your anecdotal evidence is certainly an interesting addition, it can hardly be used to extrapolate the buying habits of all users of Steam and console online servives. My gamer profile here has me listed as having 80 PSN games (and is not fully updated), and Steam has me listed at 82 games, but I don't use that to suggest all digital customers are buying digital content in broadly equal amounts. Such a suggestion would be ridiculous.
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I did say that I had no data to back up my opinion...
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Very true. I suppose I'd've been better saying that I simply disagree with you. All my anecdotal evidence (Friend Lists and the like on various services) contradicts yours, but beyond that, all the news articles with successes and failures on all platforms, be it PC or console, leads me to suggest that Steam simply isn't anywhere near as influential as some people here seem to think. One chap, after all, said Steam sales would be 50x that of PSN or XBLA. To my eyes, that seems massively excessive, and almost certainly wrong.
