Just a few comments about the statements in this article before some of you draw funny conclusions:
"According to a new report, thanks to PlayStation 4 Germany is now Sony’s biggest console market." = Germany is now a bigger market for Sony than UK or France or any other European country. This sentence doesn't say that "Sony gaming" is now bigger in Germany than "PC gaming", it includes no comparison between PS4 and PC gaming market share at all.
"You’ll be surprised to hear that PC users are switching to PlayStation 4, as per the report."
How do they know that the PC gamers are switching (leaving PC gaming behind in favor of PS4 gaming)? Have they declared abstinence from PC gaming? Many will keep their PCs and get a console as an additional system for console exclusives or convenience.
"Just two years ago, Bitkom shared a report claiming that 76% of gamers use PC in Germany so if that percentage is declining, you have to ask why?
Where do they get the information that the percentage (of formerly 76%) is declining? These 76% weren't the PC share of the gaming total (f.e. 76% PC + 24% consoles = 100%). In that survey 76% of the asked gamers said that they game on PC, 43% said they game on consoles, 44% said they game on smartphones and 10% said they game on tablets. Increased percentage on console gaming doesn't mean that the other percentages have to decline, many people use multiple platforms. You also can't gather information from this data, if the PC or the console are the main system of the many people who use both.
So why do they bring up the old Bitkom report in that article when the numbers aren't comparable at all? One compares Sony's success in different regions, the other is only a survey of game systems gamers in Germany use or don't use.
