is the pc gaming world profitable?

benny90125 · 15 Oct 2012 at 16:15

Mr Krugga said:
Do people honestly believe that?

I honestly do.

I personally don't think this as there are many consoles out there.It may be bigger than any 1 individual console but not all of them combined.

There are a lot of consoles yes, but there are only 3 major ones (that's only if you include the Wii) and maybe all 3 combined are bigger than PC gaming, maybe I should have said PC gaming is bigger than any one console.

benny90125 · 15 Oct 2012 at 16:17

TheVoice said:
It isn't the only measure at all. Not to mention the fact that Steam is an app that, for many people, loads when their PC starts whether they're actually using Steam or not.

There's no difference there than turning your Xbox/PS3 on and just idling, which I'm sure a lot of people do, I know I did and so did many of my friend's when I owned an Xbox/PS3.

TheVoice · 15 Oct 2012 at 16:43

benny90125 said:
There's no difference there than turning your Xbox/PS3 on and just idling, which I'm sure a lot of people do, I know I did and so did many of my friend's when I owned an Xbox/PS3.

Of course there's a difference, a lot more people leave their PCs idling or are using it for other things. Of course, consoles can be used for more than just games these days too, but it goes without saying that the idle number of Steam users will be a far higher proportion than on consoles. I don't know of anyone that just turns on their console for the hell of it.

Woden · 15 Oct 2012 at 16:56

benny90125 said:
There's no difference there than turning your Xbox/PS3 on and just idling, which I'm sure a lot of people do, I know I did and so did many of my friend's when I owned an Xbox/PS3.

Seriously?

Are you honestly saying that as many people leave their xbox on the dashboard than have their pc turned on? The xbox is a gaming console, thats why people turn it on.

PC however is used for many things. How many student are logged into steam for 14 hours and only play for 2?

jonneymendoza · 15 Oct 2012 at 17:01

mjones1 said:
i don't beleive it for a second that piracy is stronger on consoles, any source?

Which is cheaper to buy as a whole?

a gaming pc for £500-£600 or a modded console for £150?

both have pirated games but you get pirated games for consoles weeks before release and the outlay is cheaper as u pay £150 vs £500.

A pirate usually plays pirated games to save money

benny90125 · 15 Oct 2012 at 17:27

Woden said:
Seriously?

Are you honestly saying that as many people leave their xbox on the dashboard than have their pc turned on? The xbox is a gaming console, thats why people turn it on.

PC however is used for many things. How many student are logged into steam for 14 hours and only play for 2?

Yes I know a lot of people that just leave there consoles on, they will play a game for half an hour, exit the game and just stay online then play maybe 2/3 hours later. Maybe not as many but it does happen.

wannabedamned · 15 Oct 2012 at 17:34

benny90125 said:
Yes I know a lot of people that just leave there consoles on, they will play a game for half an hour, exit the game and just stay online then play maybe 2/3 hours later. Maybe not as many but it does happen.

I know nobody that leaves their console on when not in use. Through fear of it dying!! But also because it takes exactly 5 seconds to go from off to gaming.

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 15 Oct 2012 at 17:41

Rimsy said:
Its clearly not dead, but in comparison to how it was 10-15 years ago its obviously a weak shadow of its former self.

Interesting statement as we were having the exact same threads 10 - 15 years ago.

PC games are profitable. When they aren't no-one will produce games for them. Really not a difficult OP to answer.

Mark A · 15 Oct 2012 at 18:11

It's certainly profitable. When Alan Wake finally made it to the PC they said it covered all its development costs and made a profit within the first day iirc.

TheVoice · 15 Oct 2012 at 18:58

benny90125 said:
Yes I know a lot of people that just leave there consoles on, they will play a game for half an hour, exit the game and just stay online then play maybe 2/3 hours later. Maybe not as many but it does happen.

So this argument has reached that stage where people start making up any old nonsense to try and save credibility. I see.

Shamikebab · 15 Oct 2012 at 19:01

TheVoice said:
So this argument has reached that stage where people start making up any old nonsense to try and save credibility. I see.

I know someone who once played 20 mins of Singstar then left their console on for 3 months....true story.