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[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Wild that the video game industry is so big, and this still isn't even 1% of people on earth.

[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 35 points 1 month ago

Also keep in mind this is peak concurrent players. I imagine the MAU is much higher, since most of the world doesn't game at the same time.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but you'd think more what use steam. I wonder what the platform breakdown is .

[–] Ptsf@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago

90% mobile phones my guy.

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sure, but 38,000,000 x $60 = $2,280,000,000. And that's if they all spend only $60/year, and only on Steam, and the average I'm sure is much higher.

[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

~~We~~ i need to tech bro take over whatever industry actually gets to all 7 bln

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not counting yearly users either, it's concurrent players

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah. That was just an example. If ~35 million users bought one game a year, you get that number. Of course the actual number is much larger.