I was interested in a steam machine early on- I don't have a steam account and I' m well aware of what I'm missing as a result. Then the info dump for the first dozenish machines hit. *sigh*
The reason I game on console & not computer is because I don't want to have to sit down and study stats for ram/processors/video cards/etc. and figure out what device out of several will give me the best value for my money. Personally, I think there's too many console variants, but at least there I only really to figure out hard drive, pack-in game, and color (for the most part.) Plus, if I get a PS4 game, it'll run in any PS4. No guarantees a specific steam game will run on my steam box. If it's going to be as much work as a PC, I'll just get a PC. Can't say I'm surprised to see other people coming to a similar conclusion.