Is this a bad time for Valve to launch Steam Machines?

[zarx]

Mummelmann said:

zarx said:
People expecting SteamMachines to compete with the big 3 consoles are going to be sorely disappointed. This is not going to be moving millions of units.

Exactly, it was never meant to compete with the other home consoles. I do think that one could sneak its way into at least two homes though; yours and mine!

I'm not planning on getting one, there is no reason for someone like me to get one. I feel no desire to stream my PC games to a TV and I don't need a turnkey box. If SteamOS ends up showing actual performance improvements I might dual boot it, but I have my doubts about that as well.