Re:PlayStation 4 Tops One Million Units in First Day
by EpicEng on Sunday November 17, 2013 @03:05PM
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Yeah, this isn't the first time I've seen this kind of comparison. I can only assume it is made by people who simply don't know anything about the gaming industry. These are the same people who think that the desktop is doomed.
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Re:PlayStation 4 Tops One Million Units in First Day
by TillE on Sunday November 17, 2013 @04:10PM
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General tech nerds seem to look at the raw profits of mobile games and assume that console and PC games must surely be dead, without actually looking into the details of the market.
It's not a zero sum game, and it's not an either/or. There's no meaningful segment of the gaming industry that's declining in absolute numbers (most are growing at varying rates), it's just that the industry has been exploding over the past 15+ years, and each segment is now a smaller slice of a much bigger pie.