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Your personal anecdote doesn't match the data. You and your peers are the exception. https://www.wepc.com/news/video-game-statistics/#pc-gaming https://www.wep

Your personal anecdote doesn't match the data. You and your peers are the exception. https://www.wepc.com/news/video-game-statistics/#pc-gaming https://www.wepc.com/news/video-game-statistics/#pc-gaming 74% of all the video games and computer sales were sold in digital format form. That's just one source. You'll find similar numbers confirmed elsewhere. PC gamers overwhelmingly buy digital, either from Steam or other digital storefronts like GOG, Greenman Gaming, Epic Games Store, Origin etc.

pjmlp 7y ago
Apparently no, from the same report "29% of Steam sales revenue was attributed to Western Europe according to Valve. (GeekWire, 2018)" The typical US == The World view.
- ionised 7y ago
  I'm not American mate. Don't be so presumptuous, it's arrogant. And you are cherry-picking stats by stating only sales on Steam. Steam is not the only digital delivery platform on PC. There are many. From 2014 worldwide: https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/92-percent-of-pc-game-sales-are-digital/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/92-percent-of-... 92% of game sales worldwide were digital. From 2019 in the UK: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-01-03-uk-video-game-sales-now-80-percent-digital https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-01-03-uk-video-game-... 80% digital sales for games in the UK alone. And it's not just the UK and US. https://business.financialpost.com/technology/gaming/digital-sales-to-account-for-nearly-93-of-all-game-sales-by-2021-report https://business.financialpost.com/technology/gaming/digital... The number of physical sales is declining everywhere, some quicker than others.
chaostheory 7y ago
I wouldn't be GOG surprised if it was GOG that stole Valve's market share in Europe because no one buys physical copies of PC games anymore, especially when most of them are just boxes with just the Steam code.

pjmlp 7y ago

Apparently no, from the same report "29% of Steam sales revenue was attributed to Western Europe according to Valve. (GeekWire, 2018)" The typical US == The World view.

ionised 7y ago
I'm not American mate. Don't be so presumptuous, it's arrogant. And you are cherry-picking stats by stating only sales on Steam. Steam is not the only digital delivery platform on PC. There are many. From 2014 worldwide: https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/92-percent-of-pc-game-sales-are-digital/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/92-percent-of-... 92% of game sales worldwide were digital. From 2019 in the UK: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-01-03-uk-video-game-sales-now-80-percent-digital https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-01-03-uk-video-game-... 80% digital sales for games in the UK alone. And it's not just the UK and US. https://business.financialpost.com/technology/gaming/digital-sales-to-account-for-nearly-93-of-all-game-sales-by-2021-report https://business.financialpost.com/technology/gaming/digital... The number of physical sales is declining everywhere, some quicker than others.

chaostheory 7y ago

I wouldn't be GOG surprised if it was GOG that stole Valve's market share in Europe because no one buys physical copies of PC games anymore, especially when most of them are just boxes with just the Steam code.