Read from PCgamer:
In a recent chat with Edge magazine, analyst Matt Piscatella said the trend for our hobby—not just PC games, but games in general—is that they're getting more and more focused on high-earners.
"A bigger portion of the market is going to people who are more affluent, have higher incomes, and the lower-income parts of the market are really struggling," said Piscatella. "That premium gaming space is leaning more and more on the affluent consumer."
Meanwhile, he notes, "we're basically leaving a whole portion of the market to Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox and mobile content." Just like I used to pour days and weeks into free flash games on Newgrounds and Miniclip, so do modern kids pour their time into, well, Fortnite, Roblox, and whatever's free on the App Store right now. Difference is, of course, the Newgrounds flash games I played generally weren't filled with a near-endless number of microtransactions.
In a recent chat with Edge magazine, analyst Matt Piscatella said the trend for our hobby—not just PC games, but games in general—is that they're getting more and more focused on high-earners.
"A bigger portion of the market is going to people who are more affluent, have higher incomes, and the lower-income parts of the market are really struggling," said Piscatella. "That premium gaming space is leaning more and more on the affluent consumer."
Meanwhile, he notes, "we're basically leaving a whole portion of the market to Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox and mobile content." Just like I used to pour days and weeks into free flash games on Newgrounds and Miniclip, so do modern kids pour their time into, well, Fortnite, Roblox, and whatever's free on the App Store right now. Difference is, of course, the Newgrounds flash games I played generally weren't filled with a near-endless number of microtransactions.