Hardware Manufacturer Excited To See How Steam Box "Expands The PC Landscape"

Unreal Tournament fan grill shout out what whaat!

People can say how the PC platform has been marginalized, but the simple fact is that its user-base has been making leaps while the consoles have been steadily growing. Mostly due to MMOs, but also because starter-ups can't handle the obstacles that big budget corporations can overcome, like stupidly long authentication processes. The biggest problem with the PC industry is how there are too many variables to consider when you're upgrading hardware in a computer. On the other hand, consoles are suffocating on a vicious cycle of aggressive marketing budgets that both require many units to sell for success, but also strips developers of the creative process entirely because experimenting increases your margin for error, and then forces the entire market to escalate so it can maintain its position in an already high risk-weak return gaming industry.

Valve has some serious balls to bring together PC and consoles. This was taboo even 5 years ago. While PCs will always be cheaper to develop on, and one step ahead technologically, consoles still have a spot in the industry. PC gaming has boosted in the past 5 years because cost of hardware is going way down and you don't have to upgrade every year anymore. Build a $3K rig and it will run you a good 5+ years.

I am in no way poor, but $3K for 5+ years is too expensive when compared to $400-$600 for a whole console generation. Make no mistake, I'd be willing to make that kind of investment if the console exclusives (from Sony and Nintendo at the very least) made it into the PC, and I don't see that happening very soon.

Can get a great rig for $800, dont spend thousands unless youre planning on capturing video or doing non gaming high end graphics programs.