Is PC gaming more popular in Europe?

What you should tell the little punk is that popularity doesn't mean jack when it comes to actual quality.Like for example, millions more people watch American Idol than they do The Office.Because people are stupid. BloodMist

Only children and young adults play PC games in the UK these days.  Once you get older you move onto the consoles and begin to just enjoy playing the games as you lose interest is mucking around with a PC (especially if you have to do that at work all day).

For most of us it goes this way.  During our teens we save up and buy a good PC gaming machine and kept updating it..... we want the best graphics etc but it doesn't really help the software companys that due to the cost of getting the hardware we just pirated the games as well to save money.

After a few years we begin to grow up - get nice jobs and girl/boy friends - Our PC begins to show its age but it is still great for browsing the internet... its either keep it or just buy a laptop.

Finally we get our own homes and our first huge TV set of our own.... a console is bought to play on the new TV and plenty of games are bought with our disposable income....

It's these people buying console games first for themselves and then for their children to enjoy as well that keep the software industry ticking over .... the children become teenagers and the whole cycle repeats as they go out and buy their first PC.

Only children and young adults play PC games in the UK these days.  Once you get older you move onto the consoles and begin to just enjoy playing the games as you lose interest is mucking around with a PC (especially if you have to do that at work all day).

For most of us it goes this way.  During our teens we save up and buy a good PC gaming machine and kept updating it..... we want the best graphics etc but it doesn't really help the software companys that due to the cost of getting the hardware we just pirated the games as well to save money.

After a few years we begin to grow up - get nice jobs and girl/boy friends - Our PC begins to show its age but it is still great for browsing the internet... its either keep it or just buy a laptop.

Finally we get our own homes and our first huge TV set of our own.... a console is bought to play on the new TV and plenty of games are bought with our disposable income....

It's these people buying console games first for themselves and then for their children to enjoy as well that keep the software industry ticking over .... the children become teenagers and the whole cycle repeats as they go out and buy their first PC.

philhilluk

Guild Wars is certainly a very popular game in Europe from what I've seen online. They have some pretty good Guilds there as well.AFBrat77

All my friends but one plays PC games, he is from the UK and loves his playstation. The EB games near my work, on Chapel st, has its back wall devoted to PC games so they must have strong sales. I will ask them next time i stop by. Im from Melbourne, Australia which is kinda like europe.

The only games that seem to be selling for the PC are The Sims and WOW. Its been like this for a while now. Consoles seem to have a bit more variety in their sales.

I was having an argument with my little brother (he's in 6th grade). He thinks that consoles are better than PC games for the sole reason of consoles being more popular in the US. I told him that PC gaming is more popular than consoles in Europe, but he refuses to believe me. Can anyone (especially euro pc gamers) help me prove him wrong?Colonel_Cool

I was having an argument with my little brother (he's in 6th grade). He thinks that consoles are better than PC games for the sole reason of consoles being more popular in the US. I told him that PC gaming is more popular than consoles in Europe, but he refuses to believe me. Can anyone (especially euro pc gamers) help me prove him wrong?Colonel_Cool

Yes, here in Sweden it is more popular, without a doubt.

What you should tell the little punk is that popularity doesn't mean jack when it comes to actual quality.Like for example, millions more people watch American Idol than they do The Office.Because people are stupid. BloodMist

i live in the UK and my local stores (im lucky i have several,kidderminster)

GAME have stopped stacking as many pc games slowly...and so have gamestation

im not sure why,i love pc i hate 360's...all my mates have consoles i hate them!

and its a good job i have a pc world with billions of pc games near me too :) 

here in slovenia there PC gaming is FAR more popular than console gaming. Almost everyone that considers themself a "hardcore" gamer prefers PC here.