Before you start making plans to evict your current rig, I want to explain how the Steam Hardware Survey actually works. Rather than representing every player that uses the storefront, the monthly census instead uses a small percentage of participants who've opted in as a sample. It's anything but representative of all 154 million active users, meaning the statistic above isn't an absolute.

Does the author know how *survey sample sizes work?

Do I?

Is it because it's opt in or opt out?

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[–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You're missing a big factor in value: PlayStation requires a subscription just to use online multiplayer. PC games don't. If someone buys a Steam Machine, even if they were the same price and same specs that person would be saving >$100 every year

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Also steam has a massive library that PlayStation just doesn't have, the first game in my steam library is Fallout: New Vegas which I got in 2012 meanwhile the oldest game in my steam library is Wasteland which I believe realized in 1988. That alone gives steam a massive advantage since you can't really do that on console without some series modding.

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