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From a web search the best-selling PC game in history was Diablo III with 5.15 million copies sold. That's barely a blip given 2.5 billion people online. Gami
by dingaling 10y ago
From a web search the best-selling PC game in history was Diablo III with 5.15 million copies sold. That's barely a blip given 2.5 billion people online. Gaming is a niche activity.
- dllthomas 10y ago> Gaming is a niche activity. Define "gaming". There is a sense in which the best selling PC game is almost certainly solitaire.
- nicolapcweek94 10y agoAccording to Wikipedia [1] the top selling PC game is Minecraft, with 24 millions sold, followed by World of Warcraft that got to around 14 million subscribers, while Diablo III is in third place with 12 million copies sold... Sure, that's still not much compared to 2.5 billion, but that's also 5 times what you said. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PC_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PC_games
- cptskippy 10y agoAccording to World Bank, the earth's population exceeds 7 billion people and 65% of those people are between the ages of 15 and 65. So let's say there's 4.5 billion people of driving age on the planet. The Toyota Corolla is the best selling car of all time and has only sold 37.5 million units. By your measure, driving is clearly a niche activity as well.
- tinodotim 10y agoLeague of Legends has over a 100 million monthly players. Overwatch 20 million. CSGO and Dota 2 around ~15 million / month, each. So... adds up ;)
- viridian 10y agoLeague of Legends has over 100 million active players a month. Dota 2 has around 39 million. Steam has over 125 million active, with 9 million concurrent users during peak hours. The free to play games market is enormous.