PC Video Game market estimated to reach $30.7 Billion by 2017

[BiG StroOnZ]

The online PC gaming industry will grow from $24.4 billion this year up to an estimated $30.7 billion in 2017, the performance marketing agency Ad2Games and analyst firm Newzoo recently reported.

 

The PC and MMO game market will account for 31 percent of international video game revenue, with Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America expected to see 95 percent of growth over the next three years.

 

The sector will see 7.9 percent year-over-year growth over the next three years, while free-to-play video games continue to woo new gamers. 

 

"The games industry continues to be extremely dynamic," said Johannes Rolf, Ad2Games chief marketing officer and managing director, in a statement. "It is crucial to understand current and future developments, especially around user acquisition. With the experts from Newzoo, we are able to provide key insights that show what is currently happening and how things will develop in the years to come."

 

 

Source: http://www.tweaktown.com/news/41246/ad2games-video-game-market-estimated-to-reach-30-7b-by-2017/index.html

 

 

Can't believe people still saying PC gaming or PC's in general are dead or dying. With numbers like these that cannot even be a question anymore. We are here to stay, and we are only growing! Have to give a big thanks to our Free to Play and MMO players though, they are seriously assisting these numbers. 

[Pugs501]

[loccilucas]

$30,700,000,000 meh, pocket change.

[Deletive]

Thats a lot of money for 90% of us being "pirates". *cough cough* ubisoft 

[Pugs501]

Thats a lot of money for 90% of us being "pirates".

[imthewalrus]

[totjup5]

The crazy thing is when you think about how much of that money flows through steam. Valve is just raking it in.

[bomerr]

 

 

Lots of Angry Birds in that chart. 

[MayflowerElectronics]

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Holy shit, this is hilarious.

[thewhitestig]

Since most of that is because of MMORPG and Battle Arena games I'm not impressed.

[Stomplar]

Ill take .10% of that. Thank you.

[zacRupnow]

Since most of that is because of MMORPG and Battle Arena games I'm not impressed.

screw mobas

[Kherm]

And then the console peasants will come crawling back to us

[GeathX]

Since most of that is because of MMORPG and Battle Arena games I'm not impressed.

 

Though because it is some what difficult to transfer these game types to consoles, the PC will probably hold onto these markets.

[mr moose]

$30B you say? So I wonder who is right?

 

http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2614915

 

I kinda lean toward gartner more as they are not industry specific.

[StingBull]

The crazy thing is when you think about how much of that money flows through steam. Valve is just raking it in.

Yet Valve is valued 3 billion at most. They don't have a monopoly as most people think.

[Ren]

$30B you say? So I wonder who is right?

 

http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2614915

 

I kinda lean toward gartner more as they are not industry specific.

What are you trying to say?

That article is over a year old, it has near-matching numbers and it estimated PC gaming to grow roughly 7-9% per year. It was wrong and PC gaming got a big bump yet again. With consoles falling flat on their faces, a $30B estimate due to market transition over the next ~2-3 years is definitely not out of the question.

This is me assuming you weren't meaning "Gartner says $90B, yo" with that post when that number encompassed the entire gaming industry. Not sure you even looked for more than a second at that article.

[mr moose]

What are you trying to say?

That article is over a year old, it has near-matching numbers and it estimated PC gaming to grow roughly 7-9% per year. It was wrong and PC gaming got a big bump yet again. With consoles falling flat on their faces, a $30B estimate due to market transition over the next ~2-3 years is definitely not out of the question.

This is me assuming you weren't meaning "Gartner says $90B, yo" with that post when that number encompassed the entire gaming industry. Not sure you even looked for more than a second at that article.

 

No I fucked up, I thought the article you linked said something different. :wacko:

[-TesseracT-]

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This made my day!

 

Anyways, I love this. PC gaming is getting more and more popular. This will benefit the platform.

[The_Evenger]

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that, was the best thing I've seen all week.

[totjup5]

Yet Valve is valued 3 billion at most. They don't have a monopoly as most people think.

Well yeah, it's not like the're taking all that money. Just a percentage of it.