People Moving Away from Consoles

ComScore has released gaming numbers of recent months and they are staggering. The first report shows that online gaming is up 22% year over year from May 2008 to May 2009. The other number is that console revenue is down 23%. It's also estimated that for the second quarter of 2009, console game sales, will be down by 20%. Is this a coincidence?

What these numbers say is that people are moving away from consoles to PCs for online gaming. It's no surprise because the online game play and setup on PC is further along than consoles are. The other thing is that many people who own a console also own a computer and more people own a computer than a console. Both give reason as to why the amount of gaming is decreasing on consoles and online play is up. It all has to do with money. People don't want to buy a console if they have a computer to start gaming. The other thing is that Steam has a great selection of games, they have deals on popular games about once a week, and it's online system just works. These number not only show the usability of a PC but how companies have a lot more freedom on PCs when it comes to prices and implimentation with others.