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You disagree that Steam is the market leader in PC game distribution?

• pjmlp 6y ago
  I definitely do. Any independent market reports from IGDA or similar to prove otherwise? Valve own marketing material doesn't count.
  • judge2020 6y ago
    https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-12-20-gamesindustry-biz-presents-the-year-in-numbers-2017 https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-12-20-gamesindus... The above article estimates the PC gaming industry sold around 32.3 billion in 2017, although from [0]: > If you throw out revenue for packaged retail titles and browser games, that leaves the dedicated digital PC game business with a total value of $23.9 billion – and that number includes DLC, which the Steam estimate does not. > If the numbers are right, that means Valve own at least 18% of their specific market This is by no means exact, but 18% for PC gaming is huge and, given that these are global numbers, probably doesn't account for the PC games market in China. 0: https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam-revenue-2017 https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam-revenue-2017 1: https://galyonk.in/steam-in-2017-129c0e6be260 https://galyonk.in/steam-in-2017-129c0e6be260
    • pjmlp 6y ago
      While 18% is a big number it definitely isn't "Unquestioned market dominance.".