PC Gaming Is Dying.....

64K · Dec 3, 2015

NOT!

I thought this may be of interest to the PC Gamers here

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/steam...n-copies-of-games-were-sold-in-november-2015/

Steam November Sales:
~36 Million Games Sold (no free weekend games or free to play games counted in this report)
Average Price $5.83
Average Discount ~53%

L4D2 and Skyrim were in the top ten which is not surprising to me.

Looking at the number of sales in November times the average price and going on what the industry claims that Valve takes 30% of the sale for themselves then Valve took in a gross profit of ~63 million dollars in November. Of course there's overhead and employees to run Steam so net profit would be less.

Good times for PC Gamers

qubit · Dec 3, 2015

I was about to get all indignant that it's not dying. :laugh:

erixx · Dec 3, 2015

It depends man!

If number of pc gamers is more or less compared to other years over at least a decade...
If development effort (define it by yourself) of new pc games is stronger, same or lesser than previous years..
And Steam is not "everything" in the whole world.
So I don't know...

rtwjunkie · Dec 3, 2015

LMAO! My blood pressure immediately went up seeing the title. I was all ready to counter any pathetic claims.

Then I see that @64K very cleverly brought traffic to the thread with the title! :cool:

r.h.p · Dec 3, 2015

so Fallout 4 = 136.190258 Million ....
less 4 X 80.000.00 wages
less Marketing ???

as far as I got lol ... any advice ?

RCoon · Dec 3, 2015

Somebody was about to get perma-banned when I saw that title

Sasqui · Dec 3, 2015

64K said:
NOT!

You suck.

LOL, good one.

natr0n · Dec 3, 2015

Saw this thread was about to start cursing.

Frick · Dec 3, 2015

It deserves to die anyway.

rtwjunkie · Dec 3, 2015

Frick said:
It deserves to die anyway.

Somebody is trolling us. :laugh:

Sasqui · Dec 3, 2015

Frick said:
It deserves to die anyway.

Get back to playing your Sega Dreamcast, OK?

64K · Dec 3, 2015

rtwjunkie said:
Somebody is trolling us.

We just got Frick Rolled

Ferrum Master · Dec 3, 2015

Sasqui said:
Get back to playing your Sega Dreamcast, OK?

Hey, I also liked Shenmue... don't touch it

silentbogo · Dec 3, 2015

And that's not including GOG with Witcher 3 sales. Steam only sold 1mil copies...

INSTG8R · Dec 3, 2015

My problem is not the games it's being in the mood to actually play them. I own pretty much every AAA title that comes out and I put so little time into any of them. Hell I even built a new PC and even that doesn't drag me into a gaming session these days..
'
.I was SO excited for Fallout 4 and I may have put 4hrs total into it since release....Name any other recent title and I could probably give you the same answer...

rtwjunkie · Dec 3, 2015

silentbogo said:
And that's not including GOG with Witcher 3 sales. Steam only sold 1mil copies...

Yep, CDPR reported a couple months ago they sold more copies of TW3 through their in-house GOG than through Steam and other platforms combined.

silentbogo · Dec 3, 2015

6 mil copies vs 1 mil. That's the power of DRM-free distribution.

GhostRyder · Dec 3, 2015

LOL n1 @64K

Yea, PC gaming is taking over everything since anyone can build a decent gaming PC for about $500-$600 now a days. Its good because it means we start to see more games that are not bad ports (Well except Arkham Knight).

r.h.p · Dec 3, 2015

GhostRyder said:
LOL n1 @64K

Yea, PC gaming is taking over everything since anyone can build a decent gaming PC for about $500-$600 now a days. Its good because it means we start to see more games that are not bad ports (Well except Arkham Knight).

I would never substitute my Pc for a console , even with a Mrs on my tail, a new Radeon and Core 1.7 still makes me make it happen lol....

TheinsanegamerN · Dec 3, 2015

INSTG8R said:
My problem is not the games it's being in the mood to actually play them. I own pretty much every AAA title that comes out and I put so little time into any of them. Hell I even built a new PC and even that doesn't drag me into a gaming session these days..
'
.I was SO excited for Fallout 4 and I may have put 4hrs total into it since release....Name any other recent title and I could probably give you the same answer...

Good to hear it isn't just me that isn't enthusiastic about newer games. NOTHING this gen has held my interest, yet my ps3 has seen steady use in the last year. Really says something about the quality of newer games.

INSTG8R · Dec 3, 2015

TheinsanegamerN said:
Good to hear it isn't just me that isn't enthusiastic about newer games. NOTHING this gen has held my interest, yet my ps3 has seen steady use in the last year. Really says something about the quality of newer games.

No I'm not knocking the quality of games. GTA V. Witcher 3, Alien Isolation for example are great looking and great playing, Elite Dangerous is probably the the only game that really held my interest the longest but even that has lost me(Horizons of course I already have pre-ordered and that will get me back in space anyway)

Don't get me wrong it's not about quality it's about my motivation to play these great games. 2015 was a pretty good year for PC gaming as far as great titles

GreiverBlade · Dec 3, 2015

rtwjunkie said:
LMAO! My blood pressure immediately went up seeing the title. I was all ready to counter any pathetic claims.

Then I see that @64K very cleverly brought traffic to the thread with the title!

ahah ... how expected of you, well who am i to criticize that kind of reaction .... i was about to do the SAME...

rtwjunkie · Dec 3, 2015

TheinsanegamerN said:
Good to hear it isn't just me that isn't enthusiastic about newer games. NOTHING this gen has held my interest, yet my ps3 has seen steady use in the last year. Really says something about the quality of newer games.

RCoon gives a pretty good synopsis of the top ten of what he feels are the best games of 2015 (that he has reviewed). Having played a number of these titles, I have to say PC game quality is very high. Additionally, we seem to have more of them than ever, and most are good! Anyway, it's worth a read!

http://www.nextpowerup.com/news/24993/npus-top-games-of-2015/

Flogger23m · Dec 3, 2015

The main test is to see how many few full price games sell compared to their console counterparts.

GreiverBlade · Dec 3, 2015

Flogger23m said:
The main test is to see how many few full price games sell compared to their console counterparts.

it depends ... PC get some of the finest title (better looking also ), price is random ... thanks to de-materialized platform, consoles exclusive have their interest i.e.:Halo Bayonetta Lost Odyssey Magna Carta (i have nearly all of them and series except Halo 5 ) tho it would not make me ditch my PC for games for a console just for those games, i rather have all platform

than just console.

PC gaming often mean: freedom of modding and a lot more possibility than console gaming, so for me that would be an aberration if PC gaming was dead
even more now that when i want to play comfortably installed in my sofa with a controller in my hand i do it on a PC instead of a console (or eventually on my phone with a Moga Pocket and PPSSPP + my whole PSP UMD collection on a 64gb card ...)

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PC Gaming Is Dying.....

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