U.S. Gamers Spent $3.8 Billion On MMOs in 2009

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huaxiong90 said:

Foamer said:
Holy shit. I guess this explains why PC retail is so low in the US, everyone's spending on MMOs instead. I wonder if stuff like Farmville is included in those figures as well; if not, they're quite astonishing.

You're forgetting digital distribution.

I'm not, I was just referring to the PC NPD retail figures that get released from time to time. I'm well aware that DD is massive, and is at least on a par with bricks and mortar sales now. It's interesting to note that yet again the PC, far from being dead, is simply blazing a trail, this time into online sales and subscriptions, something the next generation of consoles will undoubtedly eventually move into.