Gosh people. Who cares, the fact that consoles, handhelds and pc gaming segments of the markets are successful is a great thing. The pc market isn't directly comparable for a number of reasons that I'll list now.
1: Digital distribution, it may not be big as retail atm but its still substantial and more importantly un-trackable.
2: Subscription services are massively popular so whilst fewer games may be purchased lots of them are making a heck of a lot more money then the average console game.
3: No royalty fees for using windows. Unlike consoles game pc developers get a larger piece of the pie so whilst they may or may not sell as many games as their console brothers they make more per sale.
4: Fractured market, its not like console gaming where theres retail and limited online sales, the pc market is filled with retail segments, subscription segments, indie games, casual games, digital distribution, ad supported flash and browser games etc etc. Lots of the pc market isn't traditional and its all essentially impossible to track.
In conclusion whilst the pc may be outpaced in traditional retail and traditional hardcore games sales by the consoles the expanding pc market segments actually have little to do with the traditional games markets.
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