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

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Hynad said:

kowenicki said:

Hynad said:

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 supposwed to expand it. But 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.

I kn ow exactly what a steambos is.. i cna buy one

now.

How many will they sell?

your last line is bullshit... and ironic for both you and Gabe (who has been on a crusade as soon as he realised what ms where up to with their marketplace for windows - "Windows 8 is bad for gaming"  how?)

 

How is it ironic for me? I defend all manufacturers when I think it's deserved. 

As for how many they'll sell, who knows. They're not even out yet. But that's not the point he was making. Every PC using Steam is a Steam box. That's what he meant. Simple as that. 

I get what Gabe was saying but the comparison isnt really the best one to make. Its probably valid on some level but for most i dont see how it applies.

If we look at the 65 million that Gabe quoted thats the total number of steam accounts of all time. Some of those users have PC's that can only run  a handful of games, some can only run games at unplayable FPS etc. Theres so much possibilities with those 65 million.

Those old PC's that need to be upgraded are (in a way) similar to Xbox 360's they can only run older games or newer games with lower quality etc. Eventually the 360 will be completely obsolete in terms of newer games, the same thing applies to older PC's. This brings us to the pros and cons of consolve vs. PC gaming. But i dont want to get into that.

A better comparison would be number of Xbox live users compared to steam users. But even that comparison isnt quite right...In any case i think people are naturally going to say that the comparison is a bit silly. The Gabe insults and all the other stuff is obviously not needed but you know how that goes around here :/

Edit: That being said i always find it a bit silly when people ask these type of questions...but if Gabe didnt want to comment on MS console sales then he should have just said that and talked about the steam platform. But by saying they need to catch up to 65 million...thats Gabes way of doing a direct comparison, and thats where i dont think it was the right thing to say. But Gabe says whatever he wants