PC Gaming Market Continues To Grow
The PC Gaming Alliance have released some figures ahead of their GDC report, showing that the PC gaming market grew by 20% in the year 2009, taking $16.2 billion in revenue. The report also predicts that the PC games market will continue to grow and could hit profits of $23 billion in a few years time. Almost doubling
Digital distribution is the main reason given for the explosion in growth. Selling digitally bypasses the cut taken by high street retailers,simply cutting out the middle man and allowing developers and publishers to take more direct profits. The report says that the PC gaming market will continue to grow, driven by digital distribution, and could regularly be worth $23 billion by 2014. the report also predicts that Steam will face tough competition from other contenders in the near future.
