There is your problem. You spend your time in Enthusiast PC forums and lose the perspective of a "normal" PC gamer. Even the people who are discussing in other gaming forums aren't very representative for the average gamer. They are more invested in their hobbies than the average, it is more important to them than to the multitude of people who buy and play less than a handful of games on Steam (or console) each year.

People who discuss in car / hi-fi / real estate forums usually also have a skewed view about what the average person is willing to pay for a car / stereo / rent. People who write in a Porsche forum probably can't even believe that many people can't afford a car at all.

And "only" 1% of Steam? It took a long time to get the GTX 980  to reach 1%. Do you think Multi-GPU-setups are as popular as this card?

There are too many news and I don't have enough time to post them all. For news on the Final Fantasy XII HD Remaster (only PS4, but we know it will also launch on PC sooner or later), the Yooka-Laylee E3 trailer, the Watch Dogs 2 teaser or the ancellation of Allison Road, go to their own threads.

Now, here are the news:

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter – Story Trailer

http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/sherlock-holmes-devils-daughter-story-trailer/

Bigben Interactive and Frogwares have released a new trailer for Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter that focuses on its story. Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter is a unique adventure game that blends exploration, investigation and action for a breath-taking and fantastic playing experience, and is slated for a June 10th release!

New Forza Motorsport 6: APEX update is now available

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-forza-motorsport-6-apex-update-now-available/

Turn 10 Studios has released a new update for Forza Motorsport 6: APEX. According to its changelog, this patch will update your game’s version to 1.2.10.0, and will give you the option to unlock framerate when Dynamic Optimization is set to Custom. This update will be auto-downloaded from the Windows 10 store page, and you can read its complete changelog below.

P.A.M.E.L.A. – First-person survival horror game powered by Unity 5 – PC Requirements + New Screenshots

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/p-m-e-l-first-person-survival-horror-game-powered-unity-5-pc-requirements-new-screenshots/

NVYVE Studios has released a new set of screenshots and revealed the PC system requirements for P.A.M.E.L.A. P.A.M.E.L.A. is an intense open-world survival horror game set in Eden, a fallen Utopian city and according to the PC specs, PC gamers will need at least a modern-day quad-core CPU, 4GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti.

Star Wars Battlefront 3 fan remake to be distributed for free on Steam

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/star-wars-battlefront-3-fan-remake-distributed-free-steam/

Frontwire Studios has announced that it has signed a distribution deal with Valve in order to release its Star Wars Battlefront 3 fan remake, Galaxy in Turmoil, for free on Steam. This comes as a big surprise given the fact that this remake will be using licensed assets/characters from Star Wars, something that may force Disney to shut it down.

Reset – Single-player co-op first person puzzle game – New beautiful screenshots released

http://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/reset-single-player-co-cp-first-person-puzzle-game-new-beautiful-screenshots-released/

Theory Interactive has released a new set of screenshots for its upcoming single-player co-op first person puzzler, Reset. Reset promises to feature mind boggling puzzles, a grippingly haunting but beautiful story and an unparalleled immersive atmosphere, with some really impressive visuals.

The Sims 4, Grand Theft Auto V & Hearts of Iron IV are this week’s best selling PC games

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/sims-4-grand-theft-auto-v-hearts-iron-iv-weeks-best-selling-pc-games/

The latest PC UK retail, Steam Digital and Green Man Gaming charts have been revealed and as we can see, The Sims 4, Grand Theft Auto V and Hearts of Iron IV are this week’s best selling games in UK, on Steam and on GMG.

Win 1 of 50 codes for Western Press, a frontier duelling game

http://www.pcgamer.com/win-1-of-50-codes-for-western-press-a-frontier-duelling-game/

Western Press is a frontier duelling game, and as far as simulations go, it's about as unrealistic as you can get. Rather than simply firing your gun, one must press a series of keys as quickly as possible – quicker than your opponent – in order to win. It's a simple enough concept, but it's a lot of fun – especially in a room full of competitive people who like to swear really loudly while drinking beer.

Homeworld Remastered 2.0 patch is coming next week

http://www.pcgamer.com/homeworld-remastered-20-patch-is-coming-next-week/

Gearbox has announced that the big Homeworld: Remastered patch we learned about last month, which will bring both games in the package to version 2.0, will be out on June 7. Patch notes haven't been released, but Gearbox programmer Dave E. said in a message posted on the Gearbox forums that the new systems and tools should enable mod makers to “do some really exciting stuff.”

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap remake gets reveal trailer

http://www.pcgamer.com/wonder-boy-the-dragons-trap-remake-gets-reveal-trailer/

If you'll permit a little nostalgia, Master System platformer Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap was one of the first games I ever played set in a world rather than a series of levels; it opened my mind to new possibilities as a kid, and after playing it, I was always a bit disappointed by platform games that had more traditional linear levels—all that felt very dated, suddenly.

Cult 3DO horror D makes its way to PC

http://www.pcgamer.com/cult-3do-horror-d-makes-its-way-to-pc/

Adventure games have gone through some weird and interesting phases over the last couple of decades. Kenji Eno's 1996 3DO cult horror-adventure D arrived during the genre's tumultuous obsession with the then-revolutionary compact disc format, and as such it featured copious 3D cutscenes rendered in charmingly grainy, low-poly 3D. But there were other interesting features: the whole game took place in real-time, over a two-hour period, and if you wanted to pause or save the game and return to it later, well, you couldn't—there was no save system. D was exactly the sort of oddity that would disappear to the mists of time—and it did, except a PC version has now suddenly popped up on GOG.

Facebook logins and livestreaming are coming to Blizzard games

http://www.pcgamer.com/facebook-integration-is-coming-to-overwatch-wow-and-other-blizzard-games/

Blizzard and Facebook have announced a new partnership that will bring Facebook logins to Overwatch, Hearthstone, and other Blizzard games, and livestreams of those games to Facebook timelines.

Agents of MAYHEM is the next addition to the Saints Row universe

http://www.pcgamer.com/agents-of-mayhem-is-the-next-addition-to-the-saints-row-universe/

Volition, creator of Saints Row, has announced its new project: Agents of MAYHEM (the Multinational Agency for Hunting Evil Masterminds). MAYHEM is a rag-tag bunch of superheroes bent on thwarting the plans of LEGION (the League of Evil Gentlemen Intent on Obliterating Nations).

I knew this was going to happen but not this soon: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/4m82ix/console_modders_stealing_pc_mods_and_reuploading/

https://www.reddit.com/r/FalloutMods/comments/4mjyir/fo4psastolen_mods_beginning_to_get_out_of_hand/

https://www.reddit.com/r/FalloutMods/comments/4m4rkc/fo4warning_to_mod_authors_possibility_your_mod_is/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRHjY0ayQ4M

When they find out they had those repost mods reported

Seriously though it's a bit of a sad situation because some modders have decided to wash their hands of their hobby because of their work being taken without credit, that alone is bad for both platforms and this whole situation is just going to stifle mod growth for the consoles in the longrun, especially for those demanding mods from modders on a constant basis.

So really, what you are comparing is hundreds of potentially different paired GPU's against a single GPU?

SLI/Crossfire isn't really tied to any specific GPU... That technology has been around since 1998 starting with SLI Voodoo 2's and ATI a year later releasing the Dual-GPU single card Rage Fury Maxx. It wasn't untill the Radeon x8xx series and nVdia's 6000 series did SLI Crossfire become a staple technology.

Since that time we have had almost a dozen GPU generation releases, that's over a decade of gamers with dual-GPU's in their rigs, do you really think Multi-GPU's is only in the latest high-end PC's? They aren't, I have seen gamers still rocking a couple of 6-7 year old Radeon 5850's/5870's and are still maxing out most games, or getting mostly high settings.

There are AMD Desktops and Laptops where they pair the IGP up with a second GPU and run them in crossfire.
I have seen people buy OEM rigs and add a second low-end card as it's a cheap upgrade.

Shame on those scumbags.

There's a word that exactly define them: lamers.

Why even mention ancient 3Dfx and ATI cards? Do you really think there are many people who still use these cards today? I also doubt that there are many Fermi SLI-combinations still active nowadays. It makes much more sense to replace the 2 old cards with 1 newer card, which is even faster than the old setup, doesn't have to rely on SLI/CF profiles, supports new features/codecs/interfaces and amortizes its price very fast with lower electricity costs.

But believe what you want, I still have my doubts that many people favor such a stopgap solution. You can't prove that there are millions of active multi-GPU setups and I can't prove that there are less than 300k.