Windows 7: Game sales surpassed video in UK, says report

(the word 'video' here includes DVD and BluRay)

read on...

not suprised since most movies aren't good and pretty good games came out last year and this year. And they say pc gaming is dead

it doesn't say how much of it is from PC games.

i would be very interested to see how much was PC and how much was console.

hmm, just found this, but i'm always a bit wary of infographics...

very interesting article micky, I hope more come to pc as the experince in my oppion is more satisfying then console for me. Also suprised at what the second article said that star craft 2 sold more then the best selling game on consoles. Anyways you might spend more at first but it's well worth it and with all the steam sales. Also that if you say buy a xbox you end up spending more often because of all the subscriptions. Now for any one reading this don't think i'm hating on xbox since I also play it for exclusives.

i've never had a console, and i've been gaming for thirty years since my ZX spectrum days (and many 'misspent' hours in seedy arcades playing space invaders, defender etc etc).

there is absolutely no doubt that PC hardware can beat the sh*t out of any other platform. it's a crying shame that the vast majority of developers code for the lowest common denominator, but that's another thread altogether...long live modding!

modding is another reseaon i switched to pc gaming since it's so aswome like modding the graphics like in gta san andreas which is a lower poly 2005 game into this Way better then playing the old gta san andreas on a ps2

I'm not sure I've played a game since pinball---oh maybe pacman and asteroids once or twice. Does an online crossword puzzle or chess count ? lol

You'd be termed a 'casual gamer'




I've been pushing coloured blocks/sprites/polygons around a screen since the early days too - but I still can't stand the term 'gamer'.


I'm not surprised that game revenue is coming out on top though.

That's interesting especially when one of our main stores 'Game' has gone into administration and have been closing up some shops.

That does raise some questions...

What's the availability of new releases in the UK vs other countries (videos AND movies)?
What's the availability of video rental locations in the UK?
Does that number include in-game purchases?