WSJ: PC-Gaming is struggling with falling global sales

[Puff]

Spoiler

 

[FatKaz]

 

[Bryank75]

I didn't write this article... But if I did write an article, it would be like this.

 

[Killer_Sakoman]

Forget about PC, mobile has same drop. What spending they have in common?
Also console is converging with mobile if the trend extends to another 5 years ( I doubt)

 

[Entropi]

Even mobile is declining. Interesting.

 

[Muddasar]

So the console market is not only bigger than PC it is growing.

Looks like they were level at 2022.

Makes Sony’s PC initiative even more baffling.

Rather than consolidating their hold in the growing console market ship they have decided to jump onto the Titanic.

 

[Bryank75]

So the console market is not only bigger than PC it is growing.

Looks like they were level at 2022.

Makes Sony’s PC initiative even more baffling.

Rather than consolidating their hold in the growing console market ship they have decided to jump onto the Titanic.

Console growing even while Xbox is dying.

Meaning PlayStation and Nintendo are doing some serious heavy lifting.

 

[Killer_Sakoman]

Seems like Mobile and PC peak at Covid and they are leveling back to pre 2020. Consoles slowed down but then resume growth.

 

[Bryank75]

I mean, if I were PlayStation... Now is the time to strike. Capitalize on the others weakness.

But no... Have to let opportunity pass as usual.

 

[Shmunter]

Dat Arcade business

 

[Bryank75]

Dat Arcade business

Let's invest, it can only go up from here.

 

[anonpuffs]

If theres any clearer indication that the "consoles are dying" narrative is astroturfed... I don't know what to tell you

 

[Killer_Sakoman]

If theres any clearer indication that the "consoles are dying" narrative is astroturfed... I don't know what to tell you

The Bloomberg Japanese guy just wrote an article about death of consoles and Sony and thr rise of eggsbuggs and zs cloudz.

 

[Muddasar]

If theres any clearer indication that the "consoles are dying" narrative is astroturfed... I don't know what to tell you

Xbox/PC fans have that narrative.

Xbox fans because their console is dead equals the entire console market is dying. A coping mechanism.

PC fans do it to think they are relevant and desperate for console games appearing on their platform.

I mean Valve isn’t producing shit for them yet they have so much loyalty to them.

 

[Shmunter]

Is there one for GaaS game launch vs death?

 

[AllBizness]

Forget about PC, mobile has same drop. What spending they have in common?
Also console is converging with mobile if the trend extends to another 5 years ( I doubt)

Even mobile is declining. Interesting.

Mobile is saturated with too many shit games. There hasn't been any motivation in the mobile space in years. Devs are busy trying to make console type games on mobile and that ain't it chief.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Circana have a new report today that proves PC players barely play anything compared to consoles gamers. PC also includes stuff like Solitaire and hidden-object games that bedridden grandmas play.

10.2 hours vs 4.6 hours for PC

Declining since 2022

Nearly three of every four U.S. consumers play video games
Mobile remains the largest platform with 65% of U.S. consumers engaging in mobile gaming in 2024. Along with the console category, it experienced no point change from 2022. While more than 1/3 of gamers still play on PC, PC gaming has declined by 4% since 2022. Other gaming devices have grown 2% since 2022 due to further adoption of VR.

https://www.circana.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-Circana-GamerSegmentation_Preview_August-2024.pdf

 

[Summer Nightmares]

 

[Etifilio]

@mibu no ookami thinks that it's absolutely worth for Sony to put everything on Steam and cannibalize PS Store and PS consoles/handhelds in the long term future.

 

[Etifilio]

interesting how consoles are rising in game sales even after the pandemic ended