Valve

Steam is a gaming umbrella service for personal computers run by the company Valve, which hopes to compete with gaming platforms such as Nintendo Wii U, Playstation 4, and Xbox One, and claims to have a user base of about 65 million.  According to a recent Wired article:

Ah, yes: Those 65 million users, the ones who make Valve more than just another competitor looking to wrest control of the TV away from Sony and Microsoft. In fact, Valve wouldn’t even describe themselves as wanting that. It’s just about adding a new way to play Steam games, one they say they’re reasonably sure that a big enough portion of their sizable base of loyal fans wants to use. But if they’re right — and if that virtuous cycle gets going, bringing in more players, more games, more players, more games, etc. — in a few years, Steam Machines might be eating a meaningful portion of Sony’s and Microsoft’s lunch. But for now, Valve’s focused on its existing customers.

In my humble opinion, more choice is always good.

Source: Wired