33% of U.S. Game Revenue Comes From MMOs

[Slimebeast]

This article is a big lie.

There's not a chance that MMO is 33% of all gaming revenue in the USA. Not even 10%.

You see, gaming (software) revenue in the USA is over $10 billion yearly.

"Annually, the industry in 2008 reached $21.33B, including $7.81B in hardware, $10.96B in software, and $2.57B in accessories."
http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/NPD_2008_in_review

Meanwhile WoW has 2.5 million subscribers in NA, and they pay on average $14 a month, which is 2.5 mill x 12x$14 mill = $420 million per year in revenue

Now I think that it's consensus that revenue-wise ½ of Western MMO revenue is from WoW, so has to mean that total revenue from MMO should therefore be double WoW's.

Now, double WoW revenue is 2x$420 = $840 million.

So revenue from MMOs is only $840 million in NA compared to $11 billion in other gaming revenue, which means that only 7.6% of gaming revenue comes from MMOs - not 33%!