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SvennoJ on 29 December 2014
Conina said:
Ruler said:
KilluaZoldyck said:

You need a PC to use Steam. 8 million Wii U´s sold. I wonder how many active users? Under 1 million? Pretty bad if you ask me. There were as many Steam users online at the same time as there are Wii U´s sold. LOL.

LOL do you relaize everyone needs a pc? how you can you can work, search for work and do other stuff without a PC? There was PC gaming before steam. Steam is a program look how the steam machine flopped when they tried to sell steam as consoles. WiiUs majority of games are singleplayer experiences.

But not every PC needs a discrete graphic card, office PCs and laptops work fine with the GPU on board or the Intel HD integrated in the CPU.

Over 10 million Add-in boards (graphic cards) are sold each quarter, so 40 - 50 million each year: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8446/the-state-of-pc-graphics-sales-q2-2014

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make? Intel HD Graphics is the most popular GPU on Steam after all.
http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey
You don't need a dicrete gpu to use Steam.



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Conina on 29 December 2014
SvennoJ said:
Conina said:
Ruler said:

LOL do you relaize everyone needs a pc? how you can you can work, search for work and do other stuff without a PC? There was PC gaming before steam. Steam is a program look how the steam machine flopped when they tried to sell steam as consoles. WiiUs majority of games are singleplayer experiences.

But not every PC needs a discrete graphic card, office PCs and laptops work fine with the GPU on board or the Intel HD integrated in the CPU.

Over 10 million Add-in boards (graphic cards) are sold each quarter, so 40 - 50 million each year: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8446/the-state-of-pc-graphics-sales-q2-2014

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make? Intel HD Graphics is the most popular GPU on Steam after all.
http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey
You don't need a dicrete gpu to use Steam.

You don't need a discrete gpu to use Steam, but it helps in more demanding games. And of course Intel HD Graphics is the most popular GPU on Steam... Intel-CPUs are way more popular than AMD-CPUs and every integrated GPU-unit gets counted in the Steam statistics, even if it ain't used! If you have an Intel CPU with integrated GPU and a graphic card, both are counted.

And my point? Ruler wrote that the Wii U is more popular than PC gaming. Which is ridiculous when 8 million Wii U consoles are sold in two years and in the same time frame 80 - 100 million discrete graphic cards are sold... most of them are used for gaming.



deskpro2k3 on 29 December 2014

Am I the only one not impressed by that?

Dota 2, and Counter Strike. Seriously?



HollyGamer on 29 December 2014

Well good for them, free game like DOTA 2 and others surely help them most of the time, and crazy discount.



thatguymarco on 29 December 2014
KilluaZoldyck said:
thatguymarco said:
"PC is dead", of course it is, honey.


Who said it is dead? You are just keeping that statement alive. Idiot.


Rude, lol. Anyway, I always find people who have the thought that PC gaming is a dying market completely encrusted into their minds, it's not that rare to see people say it.



I'm now filled with determination.

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AZWification on 30 December 2014
deskpro2k3 said:
Am I the only one not impressed by that?

Dota 2, and Counter Strike. Seriously?

I don't see anything wrong with CS and Dota 2...



                
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RedditFedora on 30 December 2014
thatguymarco said:
KilluaZoldyck said:
thatguymarco said:
"PC is dead", of course it is, honey.


Who said it is dead? You are just keeping that statement alive. Idiot.


Rude, lol. Anyway, I always find people who have the thought that PC gaming is a dying market completely encrusted into their minds, it's not that rare to see people say it.


When I was a peasant, I just said it. I knew it was not true. Stop keeping the statement alive.



thatguymarco on 30 December 2014
RedditFedora said:
thatguymarco said:
KilluaZoldyck said:
thatguymarco said:
"PC is dead", of course it is, honey.


Who said it is dead? You are just keeping that statement alive. Idiot.


Rude, lol. Anyway, I always find people who have the thought that PC gaming is a dying market completely encrusted into their minds, it's not that rare to see people say it.


When I was a peasant, I just said it. I knew it was not true. Stop keeping the statement alive.


'Kay, I guess.



I'm now filled with determination.