re: PC game sales up 230%. Console game sales down 28%.

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So someone bash my unabated newbness for not knowing what Steam is and briefly explain it to me.

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Simply put, it's on online store for computer games which allows you to never buy a box again.

But really, it's a program for your computer that connects you to a community, allows you to keep and update games automatically, has free and paid for downloadable content, user-creation tools and markets, and awesome awesome sales.

Easily the biggest catalog of games online, and makes it neat and manageable in your computer. It also lets you upload saved games to the cloud, which is a nice touch. For SOME games, this means you can play between multiple computers and never lose progress.