[QUOTE="trix5817"][QUOTE="blackace"][QUOTE="AnnoyedDragon"][QUOTE="blackace"]
I will provide the links so I can just shut you up.
http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Video_game_industry
PC Gaming market was only worth $1 billion in the U.S. and 3.8 billion worldwide in 2007. The console gaming market made 17.9 billion in 2007 in the U.S. alone. Worldwide it was 41.9 billion.
So who's the idiot now? :lol:
blackace
You are for relying on a public wiki than official DFC figures, simply because the wiki is in your favour.
PC Gaming market was only worth $1 billion in the U.S. and 3.8 billion worldwide in 2007.
blackace
DFC Intelligence states 2007 US PC game revenues were $2.76 billion, with a worldwide game revenue of $8.3 billion.
Dude.. Console gaming is $17 billion in the U.S. alone in 2007. So even if you added those worldwide figures together console gaming is STILL OWNING PC gaming. That was the point of the post. That $8.3 billion is probably including subscription costs as well.
You do realize that your putting 3 systems up against 1 right?
You do realize that PC hardware sales are not included in those figures right?
You do realize that console hardware sales ARE included in those figures right?
I realize that. XBox Live subscriptio and downloadable content revenue from the Wii, PS3 and 360 aren't in those figures either. :roll: Even if you took the hardware figures out and use just the software figures it would still be beating PC gaming software figures. The $17 billion was only in the U.S. while the PC figures were worldwide. Seriously, do the math.
As AnnoyedDragon mentioned, it's a very bad comparison. Let's see the numbes from 2007.
http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/NPD_2007_in_review
http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/PC_sales_2007_in_review
Video game software sales is $8.64 billion including console and handheld. Since it's not fair to compare both those platforms versus PC gaming, it's best to just look at console sales. For consoles, it is $6.6.
A few notes, there are 3 consoles out now versus only one PC platform. All three are entering their second or third year (peak years) and the Wii is boosting game sales enormously. This is evident when you see that console game sales were $4 billion in 2006.
Ok, for PC, game sales were $910 million, excluding online distribution. MMO and online gaming subscriptions total around $1 billion.[http://www.worldsinmotion.biz/2008/05/npd_online_subscriptions_gener.php] Note: This is includes premium subscription revenue by sites like pogo.com
So, it's roughly $6.6billion for console software sales compared with ~$2 billion for PC games. I'd say the PC industry is doing great and will only grow along with the consoles. But anyway, this entire debate is pretty pointless.
Cheers.
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