Microsoft Reveals Xbox Series X/S Sales Numbers

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SvennoJ said:

Yeah I know mobile is by far the largest, yet Switch is still considered a dedicated handheld and Steamdeck kinda qualifies there as well. Mobile to Switch is like PC to consoles.

My question is, is the market that buys dedicated hardware to play games growing or shrinking. And is the money spent per person still actually increasing? I know I'm spending less nowadays. My peak spending on games was in the PS3/360 days and started to slow down with PS4. Longer games, less time.

The market is growing, albeit not by much. Last generation the 3DS, Vita, Wii U, PS4 and Xbox One combined for ~280 million units, this generation Switch, PS5 and XSX|S combined will get above 300 million units for sure.

Money spent per person is increasing. Nowadays there are more subscription fees, DLCs, microtransactions and also higher game and console prices. Older gamers like yourself seeing their own spending decreasing compared to their own peak values are offset by the many younger gamers who have more time to play games than you.