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Mudface on 16 January 2009
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Slimebeast said:

Only $2 billion of worldwide DD sales for the PC is kinda weak.
If retail amounts to just $700mill in the US, that would mean $2.5-3 billion in worldwide retail ----> $4.5-5 billion.

Add a billion or two for subscriptions and u arrrive at $6.5-7 billion for all PC game sales worldwide.

That's a lot less than the $25 billion or so for consoles. I believe piracy is a big reason for the discrepancy.

No wonder there aren't any PC big budget exclusives made anymore (xcept Blizzard).

 

 

There are 3 consoles though plus a couple of handhelds if they're also counted in that $25 billion. I'm also pretty sure that the PCGA gave figures of something like $10 billion across the board for PC revenue in 2008. Also there are pretty few exclusives made for any single platform these days- the costs are too prohibitive.