PC gaming market grew 8% in 2012

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http://techreport.com/news/24575/pc-gaming-market-grew-8-in-2012

http://pcgamingalliance.org/press/entry/pc-gaming-alliance-releases-two-member-exclusive-reports

• up 8% this year, 90% over five

• worth 20 billion

• over a billion PC gamers last year

• ~250 million were "core" gamers

• Chinese market was 34% of the whole, went up 9%

• All regions experienced growth

• by 2016 will be worth 25.7 billion

• mobile games are helping by pushing "the growth of small self-funded teams that can develop more targeted products on a modest budget."