PC gaming market worth $36 billion in 2016

[JamesD]

http://www.pcgamer.com/pc-gaming-market-worth-36-billion-in-2016/

[0078265317]

Woah, that's a lot of dough.

[atarian63]

Amazing.. a platform which I completely skip and have skipped since the days of DOS.

[Mord]

You'd think an industry that pulls in so much would try to find a way to bring the costs down to encourage sales rather than look for every possible way under the sun to nickel and dime each gamer for every penny they have.

[MCHufnagel]

You'd think an industry that pulls in so much would try to find a way to bring the costs down to encourage sales rather than look for every possible way under the sun to nickel and dime each gamer for every penny they have.

How in the hell do you think they pull in so much money?

[JamesD]

I think the important thing to look at here is this:
"...
The worldwide gaming market was worth a whopping $91 billion this year, according to a new Superdata Research report. Mobile gaming, powered by huge hits like Pokemon Go and Clash Royale, led the way with a total estimated market value of $41 billion, but the PC acquitted itself very well, pulling in just shy of $36 billion over the year, "driven largely by free-to-play online titles and downloadable games."
..."
91 - 41 - 36 = 14
So home consoles only account for $14 billion?
That means the PC game market was worth over twice that of the console market?

[Flojomojo]

the PC acquitted itself very well, pulling in just shy of $36 billion over the year, "driven largely by free-to-play online titles and downloadable games."

So home consoles only account for $14 billion?

That means the PC game market was worth over twice that of the console market?

 

I snipped a little of your post for clarity ... and I think the answer to your question is YES.

 

Games with subscription fees like World of Warcraft and League of Legends probably take a big chunk of that.

 

Activision Blizzard does about a billion per quarter, and in addition to Call of Duty on console, they have World of Warcraft on PC and all the King games on mobile.

 

Here's a clip from about this time last year. Those numbers are in millions of dollars.

 

Digital console

1. "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare" (Activision, $355)

2. "FIFA 15" (Electronic Arts, $332)

3. "Grand Theft Auto V" (Take-Two Interactive, $322)

4. "Destiny" (Activision, $291)

5. "Call of Duty: Black Ops III" ()

6. "FIFA 16" (Electronic Arts, $212)

7. "Fallout 4" (Bethesda Softworks, $108)

8. "Star Wars Battlefront" (Electronic Arts, $106)

9. "Madden NFL 16" (Electronic Arts, $76)

10. "Madden NFL 15" (Electronic Arts, $73)

Digital PC

1. "League of Legends" (Tencent/Riot Games, $1,628)

2. "Crossfire" (SmileGate, $1,110)

3. "Dungeon Fighter Online" (Neople, $1,052)

4. "World of Warcraft" (Activision, $814)

5. "World of Tanks" (Wargaming.net, $446)

6. "Lineage I" (NCSOFT Corporation, $339)

7. "Maplestory" (Nexon, $253)

8. "DOTA 2" (Valve Corporation, $238)

9. "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" (Valve Corporation, $221)

10. "Grand Theft Auto V" (Take-Two Interactive, $205)

Mobile

1. "Clash of Clans" (Supercell, $1,345)

2. "Game of War: Fire Age" (Machine Zone, $799)

3. "Puzzle & Dragons" (Gungho Online Ent. Inc, $729)

4. "Candy Crush Saga" (King Digital, $682)

5. "MonsterStrike" (Mixi, $674)

6. "Candy Crush Soda Saga" (King Digital, $518)

7. "Fantasy Westward Journey" (NetEase, $451)

8. "Colopl Rune Story" (COLOPL NI Inc, $356)

9. "Disney Tsum Tsum" (LINE Corp, $326)

10. "Boom Beach" (Supercell, $297)

[OldSchoolRetroGamer]

Despite all this you still get clickbait articles and people that insist the death of PC gaming is coming

[Punisher5.0]

Despite all this you still get clickbait articles and people that insist the death of PC gaming is coming

Right?

 

For years we've heard that PC gaming is dying but if anything it's expanding. Steam is huge and now we have more like GOG and Humble Bundle.