South African PC game market in decline: report

[dampi256]

I didn't read the article but if you look at store bought games, yes, the market might be declining but if they take into account the amount of online purchases through PSN, Steam, etc. then I cannot see how this can be true. When I just look at my own purchases and those of the majority of my friends, then we are keeping the market going at a very steady pace. :-)

They must also take into account 2nd hand sales in stores like BT Games.

[big smoke]

Can anyone 1 tell me the name of the game????????????

[GlacieredPyro]

Can anyone 1 tell me the name of the game????????????

The name of the game is ban the tard.

[Ike_009]

They must also take into account 2nd hand sales in stores like BT Games.

BT games sells 2nd hand PC games

[McT]

It's because we have to save up money for e-tolls

LMAO! Only if people pay

I don't think it's really dropping. These guys don't even consider services like Steam, which I think is growing quite significantly, and Valve doesn't release sales figures, so for al we know the PC gaming scene might be growing at a substantial rate.

I'll say for me this is true. I have probably bought games on line than from any bricks n mortar shop. Anything not from Steam or Origin is bought from online shopping.

[Lyt]

Can anyone 1 tell me the name of the game????????????

I lol'd. Comment of the year IMO.

[DeAnt28790]

I'll just have to go buy more games then just to help prove them wrong. I buy a lot of games on Steam though. I'd rather get a game on Steam then pirate it. If I'm downloading it anyway, I'd rather want a game I can patch and that I know will work. With ISP's throttling like there are I can't afford to download a game twice. Also a lot of companies are claiming PC sales are declining. However, these are only prebuilt machines which are generally used for work. PC hardware sales are at all time highs. Plus go look at how many people are playing steam games each day and then tell me PC is smaller than console.

[Weasley]

I'll just have to go buy more games then just to help prove them wrong. I buy a lot of games on Steam though. I'd rather get a game on Steam then pirate it. If I'm downloading it anyway, I'd rather want a game I can patch and that I know will work. With ISP's throttling like there are I can't afford to download a game twice. Also a lot of companies are claiming PC sales are declining. However, these are only prebuilt machines which are generally used for work. PC hardware sales are at all time highs. Plus go look at how many people are playing steam games each day and then tell me PC is smaller than console.

from http://mygaming.co.za/news/news/5978...xbox-live.html
PS network still bigger than steam