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Yeah except current console gamers have a lot of existing games that will be useless if they sell their current console to go to steam.
Like in the end your math eventually does work out (if you pay for subscriptions, I know those who don't) but at the current price levels I don't see steam machine swaying that many console gamers at all, especially if their friends also own consoles that they play with.
For people starting fresh I can see it at least being an option.
That and I also disagree with numbers. You picked peak. PS plus is like 70 a month (7/10 of your original estimate) and a lot of games still are discs and even then there are plenty of sales. Not many are paying 70/80 all the time for games, let alone cost conscious people you're supposedly targeting.