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bananaking21 on 14 July 2013

The Entertainment Software Association released a study indicating between other data what platforms are used to game in American households that own a dedicated gaming Console, PC, smartphone, handheld system or wireless device.

The study brings some quite surprising results. While consoles get the lion’s share with 68%, PCs most definitely aren’t far behind, with 63% of the polled households. Smartphones are beaten by quite a large margin with 43%, and gaming handhelds appear “only” in the 37% of households.

That’s most definitely an impressive showing for PC gaming, that inches just behind consoles and beats everything else by a landslide.

In the end, considering that the start of the Steam summer sale can crash its powerful servers into submissions, the result of this study is not so surprising. PC gaming is alive and well, and will probably continue to thrive for a long while.

source : http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/07/14/pc-gaming-is-so-dead-that-63-of-american-gamers-game-on-pc-beating-smartphones-and-handhelds/



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Icy-Zone on 14 July 2013

Does Solitaire count? And yes, I game on PC.



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Vertigo-X on 14 July 2013
bananaking21 said:

The study brings some quite surprising results. While consoles get the lion’s share with 68%, PCs most definitely aren’t far behind, with 63% of the polled households. Smartphones are beaten by quite a large margin with 43%, and gaming handhelds appear “only” in the 37% of households.


Yeah... I don't think this is accurate.



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bananaking21 on 14 July 2013
Icy-Zone said:
Does Solitaire count? And yes, I game on PC.


i have no idea. i wonder if these count the people who play farm ville on facebook



Anfebious on 14 July 2013

I hate gaming on PC, I never liked it for my gaming experiences but I'm glad that many people do enjoy it .



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bananaking21 on 14 July 2013
Anfebious said:
I hate gaming on PC, I never liked it for my gaming experiences but I'm glad that many people do enjoy it .

thats not how things work around here. if you dislike something bash it to death.



EricFabian on 14 July 2013

PC gaming will never die



Anfebious on 14 July 2013
bananaking21 said:
Anfebious said:
I hate gaming on PC, I never liked it for my gaming experiences but I'm glad that many people do enjoy it .

thats not how things work around here. if you dislike something bash it to death.


Oh then I should adapt! Yeah... DEATH TO PC GAMING! I hate you keyboard for being so uncomfortable! And being so EXPENSIVE TOO... 

Did i do it right? XD



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yo_john117 on 14 July 2013

I'm almost 100% positive that they are including Facebook games in that too. Although PC gaming seems to be coming back in play now that technology is making it so gaming computers are not terribly expensive and Steam offers games for so cheap.



highmen on 14 July 2013

haha. of course this test will yield high results for the pc....cause i think they included those guys who owns a pc and plays only solitaire etc (games bundled with the os itself)...pretty much every pc owner plays some games on their pc.....