bananaking21 said:
and thats his point, he basically says they are at 3 million and they have catching up to do, meaning they have to see how those 48 million transition from xbox 360 to xbox one. He however, doesnt have to worry about such a transition, as he already has 65 on a platform (PC) which has no generations, unlike consoles. SteamBox will only help expand the userbase. you also have to remember he was ASKED the question, and he didnt just state this by himself. |
Your mostly right. Steam has had 65 million people use their service out of the possible 1 billion plus pc users... They are totally controlling the market! The key is that Gabe was spouting the number of people to ever use the service. Not the active users of his service. BIG DIFFERENCE!!! I have a steam account that I use only because certain games require it. The part where steam makes a bunch of money from me is very limited, as I don't do the digital download from them. I have bought a few of their "specials" and mostly regretted it. I don't blame them, as they are just the portal to the the content. Point is, most of the core gamers have a steam account, whether they want one or not. That doesn't mean that it will help the Steam Box at all. Sure, the hard core gamers might buy one, as it may be optimized to play a few games better. But it is more likely that the hardcore gamer will have his own special PC to play games on.
Nothing wrong with steam or Origin(I have that too) for that matter. THere just isn't a need for a steam box. Gabe just wants to circumvent Windows/Microsoft, and will waste tons of money for nothing...
It is near the end of the end....
