Why PC Gaming is Surging

[adriane23]

JEMC said:

adriane23 said:
If PC gaming in its current state is considered "surging," then it's more doomed than I thought.

The PC Gaming market made $20 billion in 2012. The whole gaming industry, including mobile games, made $63 billions (source: yahoo/reuters). A "dying" platform that represents about 1/3 of the total market can't be called doomed, don't you think?

Wright said:

I've always think that PC gaming is great, but it lacks...dedicated games. There's your indie game here and there only for PC, and your big AAA release from time to time, but it's missing dedicated games.

PC may not have as many exclusives or dedicated games as consoles do, but if you compare PC with each console individually (the PS3 or Xbox360 or Wii exclusives), the situation is not that bad.

That was mostly from social games and MMOs (Even though they're both on a decline overall), which isn't exactly a healthy distribution for the PC gaming industry. That's why it's doomed in my opinion.