Platform Performance Dynamics
Claims über Console, PC und Mobile Platform Performance
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Slides s016–s042 · 27 Slides
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Ball zeigt unterschiedliche Performance-Muster: Console-Growth durch Subscriptions, PC knapp positiv, Mobile dominant aber stagnierend.
Claims in diesem Cluster
Net growth in console is growth in platform subscriptions
By 2025, the console category had more than recovered from its post-pandemic sales pullback, hitting an all-time high of $41.6B (2.3% or $570MM above the 2020 high)
119% of net spending growth since 2020 has gone to platform services
Total spending on game sales and transactions is down nearly $3.7B per year (or 11%)
Chinese sales are >150% of total spending growth since 2020, causing the actual market for gamemakers to shrink by ~$4.6B (and is up only 8% since 2019)
PC gaming not only did it skip a post-pandemic decline, but annual PC content sales have also grown by a remarkable 30% (or $9.4B) since 2020, roughly 16x as much dollar growth as console
Even after factoring out China-based sales, which constituted 29% of total growth since 2020, PC content sales are still up roughly +$6.7B
Net of platform subscription services, console spend is down 13% since 2020
The net decline in console since 2020 offsets 68% of PC growth
PC/Console content spend is down 8% since 2020/2021 (or -$2.3B)
Mobile's annual growth flattened out in 2025, but is +12% since 2020 and now outstrips PC/Console