Global Industry Analysts predicts gaming market to reach $91 billion by 2015

Imagine all the game we’ll ahve played by then!

Imagine all the work I’ll have to do in between them to buy the games

Is that a picture of Nintendo’s garden?

Swine Flu has been introduced amongst the population so we can stay in and whore games moaaar! It’s a conspiracy.

@Blerk xD

Seriously, someone needs to hire you. As a game designer AND writer.

Funny Blerk.

I’m open to offers!

yea and pc gaming leading the way. Oh by console sales on a decline ahahahhahhaha

the world does not play on consoles, they playon the pc’s

Actually, the world plays football. (Not American!)

You dont actually look at PC sale numbers very often do you bdh…

The full report can be viewed here…

…if you have $3950 to spend on it.

Not having the full report in the article is just shoddy journalism, Pat needs to reach into his pockets :p

@Gekidami said

agin the world does not play on consoles, they on the pc. The console industry does not make the numbers pc gaming industry does.

Don’t give i don’t look nmbers bull!

“Don’t give i don’t look nmbers bull!”

Que? But whilst you’re here, have you got any links for console gaming revenue vs PC gaming revenue in 2008? I’m struggling to find any solid data.

do you really want to get me started

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2008/06/gaming-expected-to-be-a-68-billion-business-by-2012.ars

lets take a look at consoles

http://www.gadgetteaser.com/2009/04/18/next-gen-console-sales-decline-in-march/
they have been on a steady decline

if you want I can bring alot more facts too

http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/2009/06/top-execs-abandon-consoles-for-social-gaming/

You’re owning yourself with those links:

“Console games will continue to lead the way in terms of sales, with an expected growth of 6.9 percent from $24.9 billion in 2007 to $34.7 billion in 2012.”

And why are you putting links about console sales? You know they only add to the revenue along with games and other hardware unlike PC where its just the games.

plase china.india,germeny I could go on don’t play on consoles.

pc gaming is booming in a ression with over 68 billions

you must be a hardcore console fanboy because alot of investors are moving from consoles these days.

enjoy your last generation of consoles

http://kotaku.com/5297023/colbert-mocks-project-natal-debuts-new-xbox

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/05/e3-predictions/

PC’s are toys.

Nice words, shame real life facts show that consoles shift the most games.

do you like my links it pretty much says the state of consoles.

http://kotaku.com/5297023/colbert-mocks-project-natal-debuts-new-xbox

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/05/e3-predictions/

http://www.pcworld.com/article/164368/analyst_no_new_game_consoles_until_2013_if_ever.html

it’s so bad now some publishers and game devs don’t want to support some consoles

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3277020

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologyreviews/videogamereviewsandpreviews/5601511/Activision-may-stop-making-video-games-for-the-PS3.html

consoles are junk and they are money sucking absis. Where console game devs, publishers and console hardware go bankuprt.

No 2008 pc vs console gaming revenue info there. Is there no information out for it? There must be surely.

Edit – I must admit, that first link is amusing though…

An industry study conducted on the worldwide video game industry has predicted that the video game boom will continue through to 2012, with total sales soaring to $68.4 billion by 2012. The outlook isn’t as rosy for PC gaming, which is projected to drop by 1.2 percent during the same period.

Oops. The comments section really doesn’t like that blockquote tag.

yea and we all know how consoles are not world wide. hahahaha

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6210424.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;5

more links on that 68 billion

Yet they still sell more stuff and get more money, magic isnt it?

you tell me lol microsft and sony is in the big bright red. Investors are moving away from consoles. console game devs are going bankuprt.

these days game devs only want to deal with pc gaming and nintendo.

Some games are not even selling well on the nintendo. In fact a game devs was crying because none of his games sold yet he had high AAAscores.

Ok, cool… so PC gaming revenue is $68bn for 2008. Now who can find console gaming? I can only seem to find total figures for the industry.

Edit – Oh, no. PC game revenue is $12.7bn in 2008. That $68bn is some fluffy number for “total market worth”.

Edit 2 – I’m struggling to find that number at all in the actual PDF. I can only seem to find 2007s figures.

I can find it links but I don’t feel like at this point. there tons of liknks out there. i pretty mush gave alot here. I’m going to go enjoy my day

I have figures for console game sales for 2008 now, but only for the US: http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6203257.html

$10.96bn

That’s only retail too, so obviously not including anything like digital distribution, advertising, subscriptions etc.

not much compared to pc gaming ahahahahahahaha

Umm… what?

Math is lost on PC apparently, just like games. :p