PC games sales up 230%. Console game sales down 28%
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They're not, it's why I won't buy starcraft II or Diablo 3.
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And people still say allowing people to sell the games they buy shouldn't be allowed because the publishers will lose money.
As for console sales down, i bet the number is because there hasnt actually been a "new" console for some years now most people will already have the console the bought originally in 2003. Games, well they have been a massive fail for the past 2 years now.
As for console sales down, i bet the number is because there hasnt actually been a "new" console for some years now most people will already have the console the bought originally in 2003. Games, well they have been a massive fail for the past 2 years now.
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More than likely "None Steam Game" was added.
Steam isn't the only DD service, but I don't think Steam and a few others put their DD sales up.
That's what we have all been hearing for the last god knows.
Thats just NPD. In all seriousness pc gaming dwarfs console gaming. Its easy to see that as the most popular games in the world are pc games LOL and WOW and the biggest gaming community is steam 5m+ concurrent users (xboxlive only 2.5m). Diablo 3 was also the fastest selling exclusive in history.
All the e-sports tournaments are dominated by pc games and all the streaming websites are dedicated to pc games as well. Sometimes it feels like console gamers live in their own little fantasy world without realising how irrelevant they and their communities really are in the gaming world.
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Probably to do with all these excellent deals we keep getting on the PC. I have bought dozens of games that I wouldn't have prior to these deals.
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Well that's not exactly a fair comparison is it? Steam is free and requires access to a computer. Xbox Live is paid and requires you to have bought the console. (Not to mention all the Steam users on PS3 will skew things)
As for popularity, LOL is free isn't it? I know I have an account but I haven't played it for more than 5 mins. Could easily compare that to something like Angry Birds and say it's a drop in the ocean
Diablo 3 may have sold quickly but totals wise I don't think it's troubling the biggest selling games (obviously early days yet but I still don't think it will)
Those are both fairly niche markets, I doubt the average person in the street will be familiar with either. Tbh you sound like a young guy who seems to have got it in his head that being a pc gamer makes you 'better' Don't worry a lot do that, I'm sure you'll grow up and realise that both offer great things and the real gamers are the ones that appreciate both
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Pretty sure 230% will be a very conservative number given how secretive Steam are about particular numbers, but overall, it's good news!!
Hopefully with future devs seeing those numbers will tempt them to really start pushing the Pc gaming market a lot harder
Hopefully with future devs seeing those numbers will tempt them to really start pushing the Pc gaming market a lot harder
Well that's not exactly a fair comparison is it? Steam is free and requires access to a computer. Xbox Live is paid and requires you to have bought the console. (Not to mention all the Steam users on PS3 will skew things)
As for popularity, LOL is free isn't it? I know I have an account but I haven't played it for more than 5 mins. Could easily compare that to something like Angry Birds and say it's a drop in the ocean
Diablo 3 may have sold quickly but totals wise I don't think it's troubling the biggest selling games (obviously early days yet but I still don't think it will)
Seriously? Xboxlive is free as well to all xbox owners and steam requires you to have bought a computer. You only need to pay for xboxlive if you want to play games online. LOL might be free but it makes tons of money for the developers more than most console games will ever dream to make. I'm a young paper boy with a gaming setup you can only dream of.
I'll give you an example to see how big LOL is. LOL has 4.2m daily players while the latest cod record is 2.6m players in 24 hours during its first couple of weeks of release. It should be MUCH lower now.
Those are both fairly niche markets, I doubt the average person in the street will be familiar with either. Tbh you sound like a young guy who seems to have got it in his head that being a pc gamer makes you 'better' Don't worry a lot do that, I'm sure you'll grow up and realise that both offer great things and the real gamers are the ones that appreciate both
yeah its so niche that more people tune to watch e-sports tournaments featuring LOL and sc2 than to play console games on xboxlive and psn.
Stop beeing ignorant and getting embrassed by a "young" guy and get a clue before you post. I'm a young paper delivery boy with a gaming setup you can only dream of.
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God I hate elitist gamers.
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yeah its so niche that more people tune to watch e-sports tournaments featuring LOL and sc2 than to play console games on xboxlive and psn.
Source?
I'm not being ignorant, I said it was a fairly niche hobby (maybe less so elsewhere but most definitely in the UK) Walk down your local highstreet and ask how many people know what esports is and who watches it.
Oh and I'll make sure I'm not "embrassed" any time soon
Source?
I'm not being ignorant, I said it was a fairly niche hobby (maybe less so elsewhere but most definitely in the UK) Walk down your local highstreet and ask how many people know what esports is and who watches it.
Oh and I'll make sure I'm not "embrassed" any time soon
200k+ watching a LOL tournament? How many people are playing gears of war 3 or uncharted 3 in the evenings?
LOOOOOL. Sorry I should be more polite ... LOL.
Console gamers dominate the market. To the point that the biggest complaint from PC gamers is "consoles holding us back". How is that irrelevent? Consoles are literlary driving the direction of development.