Correct. At the same time, I'd assume that right after a new console gen launches, the numbers are always going to be rising for consoles and declining for PC, as there's definitely a subset of customers who switch between these platforms. It's not like they're entirely different audiences.Quite telling knowing that Germany always was considered very PC-centric country
I mean, a lot of people here also play Fifa and Fortnite. The TikTok generation has no patience to deal with a PC. I have also observed that the overall technical literacy is dropping.
I'm at a point where I dumb everything down to this dichotomy:Puts local PCMR crowd (me include) in a very realistic perspective.
Proper PC is getting more and more expensive. It's a cost-prohibitive hobby even for Germany (especially if you don't want to go 2nd hand), a PCMR stronghold. If you don't play sim games or MKB-specific titles, it's just easier and cheapre to buy a PS5/PS5 Pro for your 4K HDR screen.
Most PC games are more or less full-price at launch and you can't find or trade physical.I'm at a point where I dumb everything down to this dichotomy:
Terrible performance & terrible software prices vs. Terrible user experience & terrible hardware prices
I don't buy physical for current gens, so that's irrelevant to me. I buy from key sellers online, and they're significantly cheaper for most freshly released games big or small.Most PC games are more or less full-price at launch and you can't find or trade physical.
See, that's the problem. This forum is not the market.I don't buy physical for current gens, so that's irrelevant to me. I buy from key sellers online, and they're significantly cheaper for most freshly released games big or small.
Sample size is only one thing though. It also matters where you got the sample size from. Spreading out that sample size all over the country, would probably give different results versus just asking 25k people in berlin.25k is a very good sample size for such survey
The mining boom.According to the same source, in germany there has been a large purge of pc gamers in 2018 that wiped out around 4 million of them. But worry not, majority was back the following year for some reason.
I will not go and look at the detailsSample size is only one thing though. It also matters where you got the sample size from. Spreading out that sample size all over the country, would probably give different results versus just asking 25k people in berlin.
Survey are rarely accurate from what i can tell because people living in rural areas have vastly different livestyles than the ones in cities and they often just ask around in a lot of cities and think they did a good job because they've been to many places. Someone in berlin will have a more similar life style with someone in munich than someone living just outside of munich does.I will not go and look at the details
But if it's a proper survey - it should follow standards for surveys of relevancy and representativeness
Surveys are math and 25k survey is a 99% math.
Considering how much GPUs cost nowadays, it's a wonder PCs only dropped 20%.
Quite telling knowing that Germany always was considered very PC-centric country
I am surprised PC fell that much, but at the same time considering economic stagnation in Germany for years and absolutely stupid GPU pricing since the above mentioned crypto craziness... this does make sense. And its truly unfortunate.Those days are long gone. PC gaming used to be huge here in the 00's - early 10's mainly due to games like CS, WoW, farming sims and Anno.
Its popularity dropped a lot after the first mining boom in 2017 and it never really recovered.
According to the same source, in germany there has been a large purge of pc gamers in 2018 that wiped out around 4 million of them. But worry not, majority was back the following year for some reason.
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That kind of dip and return says sampling issues .I will not go and look at the details
But if it's a proper survey - it should follow standards for surveys of relevancy and representativeness
Surveys are math and 25k survey is a 99% math.
Like I said - a proper survey should follow the rules of surveying, and I expect 25k survey to do so, otherwise why bother with 25k sampleSurvey are rarely accurate from what i can tell because people living in rural areas have vastly different livestyles than the ones in cities and they often just ask around in a lot of cities and think they did a good job because they've been to many places. Someone in berlin will have a more similar life style with someone in munich than someone living just outside of munich does.
And im not talking about this survey specifically. It could very well be accurate. But i know from personal experience how different things are in rural areas. Most people probably dont realize because they live in cities and have no reason to ever leaves the cities. A lot of people who live in rural areas will generally know because they spend a decent amount of time in cities. I see so many stats about my country all the time that i know are complete bullshit. For instance every fourth person in my country is supposed to know how to speak english? More than that actually. That's complete bullshit. Sounds about right if you only asked in cities, but it's absolutely not true for the genersl population. Even in cities i feel like i would have to get lucky if i was asking random people, for over 25% of them to say yes, but in rural areas? Yeah not even close. Maybe one in 50.