August 21, 2008 at 00:04PC Gaming Alliance: Rumors of death turned out to be a little exaggerated
From a PC Gaming Alliance note : Rumors of death were slightly exaggerated
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Our analysis clearly shows the growth of online, and proves that our industry is much stronger than previously thought. Customers today buy where they live - online.
According to their calculations, In 2007, thanks largely to money from Asia, PC gamers ’profits grew to $ 10.7 billion, of which two billion came from online purchases and 800 million from in-game advertising, and the Internet brought PCs 4.8 billion - almost two times more than selling boxed games.
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I’m translating it from a dry language of numbers: like this, an invisible revolution took place in just 2-3 years, and now more and more people prefer to buy games online than on discs. In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about the PC gaming market dying and soon there will be only consoles. However, it turns out that in fact the old scheme of selling games on discs is dying, and PC gaming itself is booming and the PC game market as a whole is growing.
At this pace, in a few years it will not be easy to buy a game on disk. Most likely, only expensive gift editions will be sold on discs.
I am with both hands for this trend. I like to buy games online - it is simple and saves time.
What do you think of this? Will you miss boxed games?
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Our analysis clearly shows the growth of online, and proves that our industry is much stronger than previously thought. Customers today buy where they live - online.
According to their calculations, In 2007, thanks largely to money from Asia, PC gamers ’profits grew to $ 10.7 billion, of which two billion came from online purchases and 800 million from in-game advertising, and the Internet brought PCs 4.8 billion - almost two times more than selling boxed games.
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I’m translating it from a dry language of numbers: like this, an invisible revolution took place in just 2-3 years, and now more and more people prefer to buy games online than on discs. In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about the PC gaming market dying and soon there will be only consoles. However, it turns out that in fact the old scheme of selling games on discs is dying, and PC gaming itself is booming and the PC game market as a whole is growing.
At this pace, in a few years it will not be easy to buy a game on disk. Most likely, only expensive gift editions will be sold on discs.
I am with both hands for this trend. I like to buy games online - it is simple and saves time.
What do you think of this? Will you miss boxed games?