Hmmm I am impressed.. somewhat, but I do also think at least half of those are DOTA/ Team Fortress/ CS:GO farmers and scammers. Every other day I get a request from some Level 0 steam user, who is presumably one of those con-artists wanting to see if I’m stupid enough to part with any of my real-world value items. (Remember kids, we block anyone we don’t know and whose accounts are private, stay safe!). I think honestly though even if only 30 million of those accounts are attached to real players who are spending real money it’s good news, because the old publisher argument that PC is dead and every one just pirates the games doesn’t apply and they can maybe considering giving us a bit more attention. The reality is that this gen the consoles are already on the back foot in terms of power and even price. You can spend R6500 on a PC that will match a consoles power (the R7 260x 2gig OC card is your friend here, almost identical specs to the consoles) or you can spend more and get more power. In three years time these consoles will be so far behind a mid-level PC, unlike previous gens where the consoles were more powerful than the mid level PCs initially. Then you add in all the other benefits of PC gaming, steam sales, bundles, the fact you can type fan-boi comments in disqus on a keyboard, and it really amazes me that people are still bothering with the consoles. I mean there hasn’t even been a killer app on the Xbox and PS4 yet. And it would take a lot of those to make the R6000 + R800 per game you’re going to spend viable.
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Hmmm I am impressed.. somewhat, but I do also think at least half of those are DOTA/ Team Fortress/ CS:GO farmers and scammers. Every other day I get a request from some Level 0 steam user, who is presumably one of those con-artists wanting to see if I’m stupid enough to part with any of my real-world value items. (Remember kids, we block anyone we don’t know and whose accounts are private, stay safe!). I think honestly though even if only 30 million of those accounts are attached to real players who are spending real money it’s good news, because the old publisher argument that PC is dead and every one just pirates the games doesn’t apply and they can maybe considering giving us a bit more attention. The reality is that this gen the consoles are already on the back foot in terms of power and even price. You can spend R6500 on a PC that will match a consoles power (the R7 260x 2gig OC card is your friend here, almost identical specs to the consoles) or you can spend more and get more power. In three years time these consoles will be so far behind a mid-level PC, unlike previous gens where the consoles were more powerful than the mid level PCs initially. Then you add in all the other benefits of PC gaming, steam sales, bundles, the fact you can type fan-boi comments in disqus on a keyboard, and it really amazes me that people are still bothering with the consoles. I mean there hasn’t even been a killer app on the Xbox and PS4 yet. And it would take a lot of those to make the R6000 + R800 per game you’re going to spend viable.