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50 Years of Video Game Industry Revenues, by Platform (i.imgur.com)
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Article by the Visual Capitalist, based on data by UK market research firm Pelham Smithers

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/video-game-industry-revenues-by-platform/

It kinda sucks that my favorite format, handheld is so low compared with the other hardware (yeah, I'm not considering mobile as handheld lol).

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[-] GiantRobotTRex 2 points 8 months ago

How could you split out steam deck revenue from PC revenue? If I buy a $30 game on steam, is that $30 for PC or for the steam deck/handheld? Or does it get split between the two based on how hours I play on PC vs steam deck (and how would that work if I never actually play the game)?

Personally I don't think it's worth having a handheld category at all. If I bought a Gameboy game for $30 but I actually played it on a super Gameboy instead of a Gameboy then it's not technically handheld either. Just call the Gameboy a console and the steam deck a PC.

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