PC Dominates Gaming Hardware Sales

[adriane23]

VanceIX said:

adriane23 said:

VanceIX said:

adriane23 said:

JWeinCom said:
How exactly is this being defined? I bought a 350 buck computer and use it primarily for schoolwork... but I did play World of Goo on it. Does that count?

According to the study, yes it does count.

Once again, $17 billion (74%) come from enthusiast/performance sales alone, which is dedicated mostly towards gamers. 

Your point?

Very little of the sales of mainstram PCs were taken into account.

26% is fairly significant, but that's not what the guy was asking, so why did you feel the need to point that out? He asked if his PC purchase counted. I told him yes.

Honestly, none of this really matters since most of the study is behind a pay wall. The most important question is how many people constitute each population (manstream, performance, enthusiast). I'm sure the full study has at least an estimate for each group, but unless someone is willing to pay $7,500-$25,000 for the report and share it, we'll never know.