just keeps bouncing back

It shouldn't come as a surprise, that the majority of the Steam-PCs "are weaker" than the XBO and PS4 (which you can't buy yet!).

Only a few games need that kind of power, most games work fine in FullHD with specs between PS3/360/WiiU and PS4/XBO... so why should they upgrade now?

When more and more demanding PC games arrive, people will upgrade... until then the hardware prices will decrease steadily. And IF you finally decide to upgrade your system, many of your older games will profit from the additional power.

Each time he stands up - New console generation, each time, gets owned and pummeled hard.

Its perfect.

My thought exactly lol.

I don't even care about specs. I bought my notebook because it is pretty.

I do play some games now and then, but I refuse to use steam, origin or any other service like that. I wanted to buy Civ 5 but it said "Steam only" on the back, so I picked up Civ 4 Ultimate. Was cheaper anyway. The same with Sim City. No Origin for me, thank you, I got Sim City 4 instead.

Because most games today require those shitty services, I do not care all that much for PC games anymore.

Yes, mine is quite weak (Athlon X2 5050e, onboard HD3300 GPU sharing DDR2 system RAM plus 128MB dedicated sideport DDR3 RAM, 4GB ECC DDR2 RAM), and I won't upgrade it until next year. If the newest AMD APUs will be powerful enough for my needs, I'll use one of them to build another low-price, low-power consumption PC, and I'll be fine with one just slightly more powerful than 8th gen consoles, but at least twice as much RAM, and ECC. And I'll keep Windows 7.
Deciding RAM size and bonus features like ECC, being able to use write/rewrite optical drives, and to run whatever OS and SW I want on it, paying games a lot less, being able to use the same machine both for serious stuff and entertainment and having all the drivers I need for my peripherals, like scanner and printer, are PC benefits that go far beyond raw power.
OTOH, consoles are quick and easy to run, and when some crappy DRM messes Windows up they'd allow me to play even if I don't want to fix Windows immediately, so I could buy also one of them, but surely later, not at launch price.

this is actually good news, because it means everyone is on Steam , not just the "Elitist" and that it is open for all kinds of people.

No shit, Sherlock. What percentage of the population are rich? That's about how many have top-shelf setups.

I always think of Steam and Origin. Moreso Origin as gorified No-CD cracks (ignoring piracy). That's what they basically are. People don't want to put discs in drives, so account systems where created instead. Except not one unifed system. Of course they do other things. But it basically started out this way.

You don't need to be rich to buy a high-end PC. I'm certainly not rich, on an average wage.
It's how you budget and handle your money, which allows you to buy nice things! Also helps not having children too!