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SvennoJ on 12 September 2022
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zero129 said:
SvennoJ said:

For the simple reason, PC has far more sales, generally cheaper games over all. Hence less revenue. It's a supply and demand equation. Much more competition on PC, lower prices.

Quake was last century... $50 in 1996 is now $94 ;)

Console makers are moving their games to PC to generate more revenue since console games revenue has been stagnating. Similarly PC games have been moving to console to generate more revenue. If the audience doesn't increase anymore in your own backyard while development costs and inflation still rise, then find another audience on a different platform and/or raise the prices, add more MTX etc.

Wow, So Sony games never go down in price or on sale?. Think about what you are saying. If every Sony gamer woke up tomorrow and got a PC the would be no difference to their buying habits. The ones that buy games on sales and when they are lower in price would still do that the ones that buy day 1 would still do that too. Unless your trying to tell me every Sony gamer pays 70$ for their games your post makes no sense.

Also the is no such thing as used sales on PC thats an even worse problem on consoles then piracy..

And im happy you admit consoles makers need PC to make more money since they can no longer do it on their own platform. All us PC gamers made the right choice from the start .

Again with the black and white reasoning. Try to see the bigger picture.

First here's an example of what happens when joining two markets
https://www.statista.com/statistics/206881/nintendo-software-revenue-by-type/
The Switch basically combined Nintendo's separate Handheld and Console Games Revenue, no surprise it's going down over all.

PC has more sales, games go on sale earlier, more options to buy in other stores, CD keys etc. On console you have one store, no competition.
Used game sales are tiny nowadays and someone will need to have bought it at full price first... It was never a worse problem than piracy.

PC games need console revenue as well btw for big budgets.
https://www.cinemablend.com/games/Witcher-3-Wouldn-t-Exist-Consoles-72064.html

Also if no more consoles, no more double dipping between console and PC, no more high priced remasters, and so on.