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by judge2020 2050 days ago
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-12-20-gamesindus...

The above article estimates the PC gaming industry sold around 32.3 billion in 2017, although from [0]:

> If you throw out revenue for packaged retail titles and browser games, that leaves the dedicated digital PC game business with a total value of $23.9 billion – and that number includes DLC, which the Steam estimate does not.

> If the numbers are right, that means Valve own at least 18% of their specific market

This is by no means exact, but 18% for PC gaming is huge and, given that these are global numbers, probably doesn't account for the PC games market in China.

0: https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam-revenue-2017

1: https://galyonk.in/steam-in-2017-129c0e6be260

1 comments

While 18% is a big number it definitely isn't "Unquestioned market dominance.".