Alternate History: What happens to gaming if the internet never existed?

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Shadow1980 said:

PC gaming may be very different today without the internet. PC gaming went into decline after the turn of the century on up through most of the 00s,

Is this US revenue?

On a global scale, the decline of PC game revenue at the end of the century was minimal: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-23/peak-video-game-top-analyst-sees-industry-slumping-in-2019

• 1985: $4.0 billion
• 1990: $5.0 billion
• 1995: $10.0 billion
• 2000: $9.0 billion
• 2005: $12.5 billion
• 2010: $18.0 billion
• 2015: $28.1 billion