I looked at some numbers from Germany — PC gaming, not doing so great since 2019. Like, a 20% drop kinda bad. Console gaming, though? It’s been the cool kid in town, gaining ground. Mobile and tablet gaming? Just chilling, really. All this from some Game.de report. They usually chat about the whole gaming scene there, so yeah, it’s mostly reliable info.
And you know, those gaming consoles, they’ve got some serious mojo. Game.de starts off its report like it’s cheering for team consoles. Seriously, these machines might just take the gaming crown in Germany before we know it. The report’s more like a love letter to consoles. Not kidding.
Oh, and there’s a graph — had to squint a bit to make sense of it. Shows consoles climbing like crazy, like there’s some magic ramp from 2023 to 2024. Maybe a 13-degree angle? I dunno, I’m not a math person, but that’s the word on the street.
Now, why are consoles so hot right now? Game.de says the big guns like Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo are just pushing the limits. And I mean, who can resist shiny new versions like the PS5 Pro or the Switch OLED? Oh, and the Switch 2 is here too. I bet that’ll shake things up in 2025.
Picture this: Console users in Germany — 20.5 million of ‘em. And they’re inching closer to smartphone gamers at 22.9 million. Phones did have their golden moment in gaming between 2019-2020, but now it’s just — meh — plateaued.
PCs? Yikes. Dropped 20% since 2019. Sounds like a lot, right? I mean, 13.1 million PC gamers in 2024 isn’t nothing. But it’s still 400k less than before. Back in 2019, PCs were out front, beating consoles 16.3 to 15.9 million. Now consoles have pulled way ahead — like 7 million more players.
Game.de suggests 19 million Germans play on more than one device. So it’s not like PCs are lonely. And that might explain some things.
Why’s this happening to PCs? The report’s kinda vague, but I’m guessing it’s hardware stuff. GPUs and other parts, they’re either hard to get or just not exciting anymore — especially for budget players. Bummer.
Weirdly, can’t find similar charts for the U.S. or global markets. Guess Game.de has some kind of special deal with YouGov for the scoop.
Anyway, stay tuned with Tom’s Hardware if you’re into getting your fix of gaming news. Might as well follow them on Google News, right?
