PC gaming is bigger than ever - and likely bigger than Wii+PS3+360 in 2007

[mrstickball]

BenKenobi88 said:

mrstickball said:
Just an FYI: Console sales were $5.12b in 2007 in the US - just for the hardware.

So unless that PC report is just for the US, that number is pretty bad compared to what console/handheld sales are.

Why are you talking about hardware at all?

If you want to talk hardware sales we'll have to include all the Dells, HPs, and customs that have a workable video card...I'm pretty sure PC would win in that department.

....Because unlike a PC, you actually need something other than the software to play the games? I would think that console hardware has a more viable factor in sales than PC hardware does - since the PC is a multi-function device that is rarely just a gaming platform, versus console hardware (and portables) that are for video games alone.

If your talking software alone, VGC reports 245.6 million units of software sold in NA + JP..Less bundles, it's around 200m units sold through. Just using those numbers alone, you get to around $5b in software sales (at $25 a unit)..Pretty close w/o factoring in PAL markets, or anything higher than a $25 a unit average, no?