SvennoJ said:
How are the totals looking with Wii / WiiU / Switch in the mix? |
When it comes to the size of the different gaming markets mobile is by far the biggest, followed by PC then consoles. That's why Microsoft is releasing their games day one on PC now and why they are trying to expand into the mobile market. Microsoft executives wants Xbox to be as profitable as their other divisions in the coming years.
That's also why we are seeing Sony release their games on PC, even if it is a year or two after the PlayStation version. They realize not all PC gamers are interested in buying consoles and bringing their games to PCs will help drive more revenue and profits.
And for Nintendo look at Pokemon Go and how big it was on mobile.
Console market overall has been fairly stagnant in terms of the number of people who use them. It's just the average money spent per person on consoles has increased over the last few generations.
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