this thread talking about news from 2009 is also an example of the sentiment at the time when some people thought PC gaming was dying 'cos consoles where more popular than ever then, but actual PC numbers were saying otherwise.
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Steam's success in 2009
http://store.steampowered.com/news/3390/ January 29, 2010 — Valve® today announced extraordinary 2009 growth data for Steam, a leading platform for PC games and digital entertainment, with major increases in accounts, concurrent players, unit sales and more. The year also marked tremendous...
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