> The existing Alienware Alpha (which is basically what the SteamOS box is) benches about the same as an Nvidia GTX 750Ti, which outpowers both the XBox One and

> The existing Alienware Alpha (which is basically what the SteamOS box is) benches about the same as an Nvidia GTX 750Ti, which outpowers both the XBox One and the PS4. It should have no problem matching or exceeding either console's performance, just like the existing Alpha. It's a lot easier to optimize for the Xbox One or the PS4 than it is PC games, because there's only two hardware targets for console games, and so you don't have to code around drivers or corner cases that only affect some users, you can optimize to your heart's content and everyone has hardware identical to what you're testing on. Being more powerful than an Xbox One or PS4 is not the same as being able to run the same games well. Cost of ownership is a more complicated question than you posit here -- you have to buy new hardware more often, and if you're taking advantage of the in-home streaming feature to fill the massive AAA gap these things have, it's almost impossible to recapture the cost of TWO gaming PCs compared to the cost of one Xbox/PS by saving money on games.