The Death of the Video Game Console Market

[Oyvoyvoyv]

vlad321 said:

slimeattack said:
I hate WoW. The graphics suck, it's f***ing expensive to play and it isn't even fun.

 

The graphics are dated but still, just going off pure srtistry WoW's graphics are still better than most games. Maybe there just wasn't enough gray and brown for you?

 

He does bring up a very valid point, granted WoW is the biggest money hog out there but like he said it is just one PC game. Outselling revenues of Sony and M$ is quite a a feat for a company which has no other sources of revenue. He doesn't mention the Wii and the ridicuous sales it has been having, but then again, by many posters' opinions on this site Console Gaming would be dead if it was just the Wii.  The thing is that just the same as the 360/PS3 vs the Wii, most Wii games aren't going after the PC type of games. In fact they are different enough for me to actually buy a Wii, since it provides something I can't get on my PC. A nod to shio by pointing out that consoles are becoming more and more like PCs and by next gen they might as well be PCs.

 

@Oyvoyoyvov (i probably mesed that up)

It's actually 15 bucks a month.

 

Just write Oyv 

 

Oh crap, I messed up, assuming there's 6 months a year (somehow).

So it's really 1800M revenue for WoW a year. Still, X360 is far, far above that if you include software, as SW is at least as big as HW (assuming an average of around 30 dollars pr new game sold).

So he's using HW only, and then he's only slighly right.

Still, I'm willing to guess WoW > Other PC gaming in revenue, so X360 might > PC in revenue.

But that's just a guess.