Gabe Newell shrugs off Xbox One sales figure, touts Steam user count

[Hynad]

kowenicki said:

Hynad said:
Most people calling him a fool are really forgetting the fact that most any PC can be turned into what they call a Steam Box. A Steam Box is no different from any other PC. It's just a pre-built PC with an official Steam seal that comes with Steam OS pre-installed. Nothing more. You can make yourself one if you install Steam OS in your own PC. And besides, any PC that runs Steam could be called a Steam Box. -__-

The Steam Box is just there to expand on what Steam already is. The user base is already there and no matter the way you're using it, laptop, desktop windows PC, Mac, Steam OS... The userbase is the same and expending. It doesn't reset like when a new console launches. This is something unique with the PC architecture. Console centric gamers in here don't quite seem to grasp this concept.

The question was specific question about the possible "dedicated" steambox sales.

He decided to dodge that question by broadening the issue to steam users.  Now I dont why he did this?  To downplay? or to avoid the question as he is unsure at this stage how the steambox will sell?  I dont know.

But at least lets be honest about what he was asked and how he decioded to answer.

You are talking about something totally different. 

I think people misunderstand what the Steam Box is. It isn't meant to be a new console. It's not supposed to canibalised the already existing Steam userbase. It's supposed to expand it. By offering pre-built gaming PCs. Just like Alienware and others have been doing for years. Only this time, it has a Steam seal on it.

I think people like you, who are quick to defend everything MS, are just trying to find something to complain about where there's really no big deal.