PC gaming sees another year of strong growth

Andre Yoskowitz
28 Mar 2013 11:31

While the PC market itself has topped and has even been declining in recent years, PC gaming has seen continued growth.

For 2012, the gaming market saw growth of 8 percent compared to flat growth for the PC market.

There are over 1 billion PC gamers, with total revenue hitting $20 billion. China represented a good portion of the growth, with the nation accounting for $6.8 billion of the revenue, good for a 9 percent boost year-over-year.
Overall, the industry also saw growth in Korea, Japan, the US, the UK and Germany, all of which are considered "mature" markets in regards to growth.

Of the 1 billion gamers, a full 25 percent were not interested in "hardcore" games such as shooters, but preferred to play "core games" like strategy, role-playing and action titles.