Publishing giant Sega has defended PC gaming, calling it a strong and vital market for the games industry.
Physical retail sales of PC games are continuing to slide in 2010, but Sega's UK MD John Clark says that isn't a fair representation of the market – with digital sales now accounting for a large proportion of revenue.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
I am not surprised to read this.
PCGA(PC Gaming Alliance) confirmed 2009 was a very good year for the PC.
Over 70million gaming capable systems were shipped in 2009 (thats about the number of PS3s and xbox's put together).
Software Sales were over 13billion. The platform saw 3% overall software growth.
Retail sales suffered and were down to 550million, however digital more then made up for it. Since digital for the pc is now 80%
Steam confirms a 200% growth last year alone.
PCGA(PC Gaming Alliance) confirmed 2009 was a very good year for the PC.
Over 70million gaming capable systems were shipped in 2009 (thats about the number of PS3s and xbox's put together).
Software Sales were over 13billion. The platform saw 3% overall software growth.
Retail sales suffered and were down to 550million, however digital more then made up for it. Since digital for the pc is now 80%
Steam confirms a 200% growth last year alone.
Dont belive what the media will tell ya, they are under the control of companies who wish to consolise the market then gain complete control.
@rememberthe357
Id take PCGA's word for it. Sega just reaffirms it.
They have been making some very strange decisions as of late so I have a hard time taking them at their word.
I wish Valve would release Steam sales numbers (same with D2D and Impulse) just to give us a clearer picture of how well PC games are actually selling.
I mean, looking directly at retail sales, I'd say PC was definitely in trouble but can't turn a blind eye to digital distribution which is way more popular among PC gamers than retail stores. No shortages, cheaper prices, easy access to a gigantic games library 24/7, permanent association with your account which means no lost or damaged CD's or keycodes.
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