crissindahouse said:
but 20 billion dollars. i mean, piracy is huge and free to play is also not so small (dota 2 and so on) so it's not really a wonder that the market is "only 20 dollar per gamer" but that doesn't make the whole number smaller. btw does that include sales of gpus and gaming keyboards and stuff? if not and it's only related to games it's not that bad. how big is the market for wii+ps3+360 without revenue of sold consoles and equipment? |
I can't find any worldwide numbers. According to a report for the US only, in 2012 it was
http://business.financialpost.com/2013/02/06/u-s-video-game-sales-drop-9-in-2012-despite-rise-in-digital-revenue/
14.8 billion total (down 9% from 16.3)
7.09 billion on new consoles + video games (down 21%)
1.79 billion 2nd hand sales
5.92 billion digital download spending (up 16%)
Another NDP report claims 4.04 billion console hardware sales for 2012 (down 27%), that leaves 10.8 billion without hardware.
The question is how does the rest of the world compare to the USA.
In the 2nd article from the op they do admit that
The PC gaming market suffers from living in the shadow of the console market, and even though sales, and number of units sold of gaming PCs is higher than the sales or units sold of consoles, console games outsell PC games.
Gaming pc's are defined as: Desktop, laptops, notebooks, Ultrabooks, UltraThin, Hybrids, MacBooks, All-in-one (AIO), and tablets.
It seems that they do include gaming peripherals for the pc market:
Keyboards and mice are obvious accessories for a gaming PC, and suppliers have created specialized gamer keyboards, gamepads, and mice to meet this need. Speakers and headphones are also popular accessories for a gaming machine. Moreover, head-tracking, and gesture sensing devices, steering wheels, joysticks, and pedals, as well as motorized chairs and projection domes are sold for gaming.
