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Microsoft seems intent on buying the gaming industry with $68.7bn purchase of troubled Activision Blizzard

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Quote: "Most gamers these days are on consoles (including one from MS)"

Nope. Was true in the past, but the number of PC gamers passed console gamers around 2017 and has been on a steady rise since then, especially during the pandemic period.

Figures vary between places (i.e. where the figures came from), and also varies by region, but overall around 65% of gamers are on PC, with around 52% on the 2 main consoles (other gamers are on mobiles, Switch etc). There is also overlap, i.e. that 65% of PC gamers, many will also have a console, so are in both groups.

Revenue is different though, the two main consoles still make more money than PC. Partly down to games generally being more expensive on consoles (although many new AAA games are often the same price on PC now), and of course many consoles users pay a subscription fee to Sony and/or MS.

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