The PC Gaming Alliance have released figures suggesting that PC gaming is on the up ? with a 20 per cent growth in revenue in 2010 to $16.2 billion (�9.93bn).
The death knell has been sounded for the PC as a gaming platform with depressing regularity, despite the massive revenue generated not only by headline first person shooters and real time strategy games but also the mighty MMOs.
Although it has a vested interest in pushing the PC gaming agenda the PCGA suggests in its annual Horizon report ? put together in conjunction with DFC Intelligence ? that revenue is climbing.
China shop
The burgeoning Chinese market generated $4.8 billion (�2.94 bn) alone last year, and games sales in other key markets ? including the UK, along with US, Japan, Korea and Germany ? grew 19 per cent to $7.3 billion ($4.5 bn).
Digital distribution is pegged as a key reason for the growth ? with more profit going direct to the games makers ? and the report suggests that current PC gaming distribution giant Steam is likely to face some major competition going forward.
The report suggests that the PC market could reach $23 billion by 2014 ? which suggest there is still life in the ol' PC gaming dog yet.
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