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mountaindewslave on 25 July 2015
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JNK said:
cpg716 said:

A few things..   You can build/buy a PC that does 1080p gaming for $400-500.. and do 2k gaming at $650..   not really expensive..   you can do SOLID 1080p/60fps gaming EVERY SINGLE DAY on  PC that cost the same as X1/PS4..    people have this OLD misconception that it cost $1000s to do this..

Steam as of March has 125 million ACTIVE users..  and has been adding about 25-30 million users every 6 months.. in the past year..  Likely will be at 175 million ACTIVE users by end of 2015..   again a growth rate FAR large then console.  TOTAL  PS4/X1 users will be at MOST 50 million by end of 2015..  And STEAM is NOT every single gamer.. as there are SEVERAL ways to purhcase games on a PC.     GoG/Origin/Steam/etc.. Estimates for total PC gamers is anywhere from 300-700 million.    Which at the top end.. would be larger then 6th, 7th, and 8th generation console gaming COMBINED.. 

If consoles didn't exist.. PC gaming would likely just be larger..   we are starting to get even more smaller and cheaper "console" like PC gaming units..  This will even more continue to help build PC gaming.. which again.. already has higher revenues then console ...  because A) way more games.. and B) way more users..

 

Hey i dont know about US prices but its 100% incorrect for Europe. A solid Gaming PC with same power as console is easily 500€+ without OS (750ti, core i3, 8Gb Ram).

A 1080p60fps PC (core i5, gtx 960) is ~650€.

Included everything you need for the pc (controls, cables, case, power supply, motherboard, harddrive). And builing it on your own.

If you buy a dell oc, you will easily pay 1300€ for 750ti and core i3 (check their website).

If you want to have similar form factor as a console you can add 100-150€ to this prices (living room use).

So its definitive not cheaper or as cheap. I got my ps4 on primeday for 259,00€. In Switzerland you could bought the ps4 some days ago for 230€. There are sup 300€ offers every week.

 

Steams user count is also growing because of people who make multiaccounts for whatever reasons. Almost every pc user i do know have more then 1 steam account. Steam is a popular gaming plattform scince ~2010 (or even earilier). So your 25mio/6month cant be correct.

 

The console (special ps1/ps2) brought video games to the "normal" people. Before the playstations era videogames where for kids and nerds only. Without consoles, alot less people would game and videogames would still be "niche". Consoles are also the springboard for many people to get into pc gaming (they are owning console + pc or switching to pc for several reasons)


ehhhh a lot of the popular games that wouldn't NEED multi counts (something like a GTA) are selling better than ever. Steam is definitely growing as is online PC gaming