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DFC Intelligence Analyst: 'PC games have surpassed console games globally'
- Thread starter Poetic.Injustice
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MetroidPrimeRib
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I wonder how long MOBA domination can last and if it can outlast or win out the Mobile market.
I know for a fact the constant stream of sales and more typically console games making it over to PC means I overall spend far more money on PC gaming today than I ever spent on 360 games. It's a good time to be a PC gamer.
Hard to imagine that there was a time where the PC was declared dead by almost every person in the gaming industry just a few years ago - by far my favorite platform
Hard to imagine that there was a time where the PC was declared dead by almost every person in the gaming industry just a few years ago - by far my favorite platform
Hard to imagine that there was a time where the PC was declared dead by almost every person in the gaming industry just a few years ago - by far my favorite platform
Rogue_Ledr
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'PC games have surpassed console games globally 'PC games have surpassed console game
hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka
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The 3 PC games that people play a lot surpass the console market in revenues.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
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Of course they have when you include stuff like league and dota and other "games as a service" games.
Mr. Poolman
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Poetic.Injustice
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My bad.
Boombloxer
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PC gaming never died, it just evolved.
I expect the same thing with consoles.
I expect the same thing with consoles.
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You could say the same about COD or Open world games.
SyaraSystem
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Thanks MOBAs
...*sigh*
...*sigh*
JordanN
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This.
If PC games generated more revenue on average, that's something I want to hear. Not be bloated by 1 or 2 mega titles.
human onion
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If that's the case. let's take COD away from console revenue, I mean it is the most popular console game, so it shouldn't count.
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Saint Titanfall
You pay for online in Consoles... by subscription I wonder if the analyst took that into account or not..
Mr. Poolman
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Why? Games are games after all.
WTF?
Otakumegane
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World of Warcraft and LoL will do that.
Wonder how much of that is from China alone.
Wonder how much of that is from China alone.
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Saint Titanfall
Exactly disregarding a genre makes no logical sense.
hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka
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Are console revenues averaged? Revenue is a weird metric to average unless it's to determine revenue per employee or something.
JordanN
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As in, a per game basis.
damn. a hat trick of salt
Of course you would. Console gamers would rather die than let PC get any positive acknowledgement.
From "PC revenue is the highest? Take away the top 3 games!" to using all 6 consoles vs PC as a measurement of why PC sucks.
Take away CoD, Assassins Creed and GTA and consoles aren't looking so good. It's only fair if the top 3 games on PC don't count right?
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Saint Titanfall
And consoles aren't? Lol look up CoD and GTA compare them to the rest of consoles games sales. Notice a pattern yet?
we need to consult the International Federation of Forum Fights for rule clarification.
This news is actually pretty consistent with the Ars Technica study on the most popular Steam games. In other words, most multiplatform game sales are still probably lagging behind consoles. It's just that the few games that are popular on PC happen to be extremely popular.
I'm not sure to see the connecton betwen the two thing... Are you serious at all?
TouchMyBox
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THANKS MOBAMA
Clarkus Darkus
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this
There was a list of the top 10 F2P games by revenue a while ago, and LoL "only" came in 2nd or 3rd. Not sure how accurate that was though.
PeakPointMatrix
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Again completely missing the point. Steam does not represent the majority of the highest revenue PC games not remotely. F2P mmo's and games like them bring in significant amounts of revenue. LoL isn't that much above many of them, in fact it's below them according to some charts.
So this statement is completely misleading..
There are numerous high revenue pc games
Not really surprised personally. Console is still the place for things like AAA games and American sports titles, but the PC has some pretty massive juggernauts that take in money long after their initial purchase and/or install.
I started playing WoW nine years ago and am still paying for my subscription, just upped it for another few months last week. Same thing with League of Legends. Been playing it for years and I still buy the occasional skin or champion.
I can't think of many games like that on console. I have no doubt there are exceptions, but it's mostly an upfront purchase and that's about it. And think of all money spent collectively on Steam sales. Getting great games for under $10. Plus the thriving indie community. Makes sense in the end.
I started playing WoW nine years ago and am still paying for my subscription, just upped it for another few months last week. Same thing with League of Legends. Been playing it for years and I still buy the occasional skin or champion.
I can't think of many games like that on console. I have no doubt there are exceptions, but it's mostly an upfront purchase and that's about it. And think of all money spent collectively on Steam sales. Getting great games for under $10. Plus the thriving indie community. Makes sense in the end.
I think that chart was average spent per user.
Doesn't count. It's all consoles vs PC. They're like brothers, you can't separate them
until LOL900P xbone sucks. but they are united against PC scum
Not really. I game a lot on PC. I build my own PCs.
It's just obviously a little misleading. The PC market is a lucrative market, it's just that only a few genres really dominate it. That's not to say it isn't worth releasing other games on the platform, they wouldn't do it if it wasn't worth it,
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Found it:
That is insane
Bingo. Thanks for finding it. Good spread of genres also.