http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=256691?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS
Almost half of all PC game sales are digital
Wednesday 21-Jul-2010 8:49 PM Digital downloads account for 48% of PC sales in US in 2009
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A recent report reveals that almost half of all PC game sales in the US in 2009 were purchased as digital downloads, uncovering the increasing shift away from physical media to digital retail channels.
Of the 44.8 million PC games sold in the US last year, 21.3 million of them, that's 48%, were digital downloads. Physical unit sales only just managed to top that figure with 23.5 million, despite a year-on-year decline in physical game sales, notes the NPD report.
The majority of these sales were made via Valve's Steam store (which tops the list of 'Frontline digital retailers' who deal with full retail game releases) and Bigfishgames.com (leading the list of smaller casual game retailers).
NPD also notes that the casual game retailers have been losing market share to the full PC game retailers, which it puts down in part to the rise of "social network gaming" and the 30% increase in the usage of iPhone and iPod as gaming devices in 2009.
"This demonstrates how consumers can now experience casual types of games through myriad vehicles, broadening the competitive landscape," said Anita Frazier, NPD industry analyst.
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I am pretty sure that means that the PC is outselling many multiplat games, I'm looking at you Dragon Age.
Tag(thx fkusumot) - "Yet again I completely fail to see your point..."
HD vs Wii, PC vs HD: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=93374
Why Regenerating Health is a crap game mechanic: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3986420
gamrReview's broken review scores: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4170835
