Anyone else think Steam Machines are going to be a massive flop?

[fatslob-:O]

Kasz216 said:

Up until about 99... sure?

Late 90's sure.  A drop didn't happen until 2000.   Coincidentally around the time MMORPG's starting blowing up, making retail less important.

So this means that PC has declined sooner than I thought. 

Also right around the time digital started being seen as a viable market. (Though small at the time).   

Steam debuted all the way back in 2003.

 

PC Retail continues to drop... as retail becomes more and more irrelevent.  

 

Gameplay quality wise... the best games on PC aren't on consoles if you ask me... and as I imagine most PC gamers would agree, based on revenue generation of big franchises.

You are right about the best PC games not being on consoles but they continue to keep sharing a large amount of high quality AAA titles. 

If we use your metric of money... League of Legends, WoW, Dota 2, Civilization.  The big PC revenue makes COD look lame by comparison. 

Which your revenue based arguement seems to argue is the pinacle of console gaming.

It is true that PC gaming is getting better revenues but PC gaming was quality all the time when consoles in the past were known for their better revenues. 

That's not even getting into the casual juggernauts.