Putting the PC cost argument to rest

[VanceIX]

supafly said:

VanceIX said:

supafly said:

I have an active steam account. From 10 years ago. That I havent used since. Id like to know exactly how they came up with that number. Throwaway accounts ect.

Also, calling someones post ignorant because they have a different opinion is pretty dense, and not very good communication skills.

I didn't call him ignorant, I called his statement ignorant. A very big difference. And his statement was very ignorant.

And I'm talking about current Steam users. This summer, there were over 8 million people online simultaneously on Steam. And that's only the people that were logged in at that moment. An entire one million over the last record, which was last winter. PC gaming is growing faster than ever, and is not a niche market.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/steam-reaches-highest-ever-concurrent-user-count-at-over-8-million/

 

I know you called his post ignorant, thats why I said it was dense to do that. I didnt say you called him ignorant.

PC gaming may be growing, but it is still niche. I dont mean wives playing farmville on facebook. I mean AAA playing pc gamers. It may seem like a lot when u are online and can find active communities for it, but when you are out in the general population face to face, I could find a hundred, if not hundreds, of console or mobile players before I come across a PC gamer.

If you think PC gaming is niche, power to you. It's not. Comparing wives playing Farmville to Steam users actively looking at game deals is a terrible comparison.

And if I am dense for calling an ignorant statement ignorant, so be it. I would say it's kind of rude for you to be calling my person dense, but ah well.