PC Gaming too stronk.

No wonder Nvidia passed on the consoles.

Nice

More League of Legends viewers than the Stanley Cup? Damn...

Thats because not only is it more powerful by quite a margin, but it's also becoming very accessible... I'm a believer.

Stronk. That's like a pronunciation thingk.

I've been saying this for years.

There are more steam concurrent than xbl and psn peak concurrent COMBINED!.

There are more LOL or WoW than xbl and psn concurrent. ONE GAME more than all console online.

Its insane.

What the hell is this?

o7

It's time for a sacrifice, my brothers

Nah! PC gaming died 5 years ago, it's only people playing Facebook browser games and MMO's don't count. What does that leave it with? crappy RTS's!

It's a pity sarcasm doesn't really work in text ;)

yeah that's something to think about..E-sports have come a long way

Yeah, that stat is total bull because Nielsen ratings are infamous for being under representative of their audiences, as well as it doesn't capture international data. It also doesn't take into account that a LoL tourney runs across 3 days where the Stanley Cup Finals runs across 2 weeks and potentially 7 games, while maintaining that high audience. That's not to put down LoL though -- it has a great draw and no game comes close to meeting it outside of DOTA 2 --, but when they compare viewership to traditional sports, it's always laughable.

Very good thread. Short. Sharp. To the point.

But it says it was the stanley Final...wouldn't that mean they're referring to the last game in the finals?

Apparently the Raiders are as well, why should anyone take your word?

It's a play on a League of Legends' character quotes.

"Mundo too stronk for you!".

We don't know, the graphic is ambiguous for a reason, the same reason they don't mention that a typical weekly NHL game on NBC Sunday's draws 1-2 million while League only draws that for major tournaments. That's not to say it's impossible for LOL to get a traditional sports audience. It certainly can for things like Worlds, but remember that even a non-finals playoff game can draw massive audiences in Round 1 (such as Penguins versus Boston, or Montreal versus New York, etc), audiences larger than LOL does for it's finals.

Concerning just the Cup Finals, if you combined the Canadian, US and European audiences for the Cup Finals (yes, Russia watches), it would be pretty massive, although US-wise LOL could potentially beat it. Hockey doesn't always go over well in the US if the teams aren't from hockey hotbeds such as Boston, Minnesota, New York or the Atlantic. Unfortunately, gathering TV-watching data is archaic and rarely gives you a picture of total viewers whereas stream viewers is much easier.

PC gaming is becoming more and more accessible to everyone. Given that the latest APU's and intergrated graphics chips in the new Intel chips are capable of running most 7th gens at medium settings, more and more people are able to game on their PC's.

It's the most accessible platform to game on, so these numbers are not surprising.

God. It's amazing what graphics can be included integrated onto the same bit of silicon as the CPU. Also, Intel - their graphics have come a long way. Pretty much entry level, but I'm still suitably impressed.

Clyde, I got a question for you man. On this forum I find you impartial / neutral, but lately I've noticed a lot of people calling you a lemming. Why? Why would people get an idea like that in their head?

Because I call Cows out on their BS. It seems they don't like that :P

PC gaming seems to be getting stronger each year. I believe as gamers get older they want a more mature platform that they have a greater degree of control over and a larger library to choose from.

The PC is the only logical platform for a long-time gamer. Consoles can be bought and played but they can never replace the gaming experience one gets from a gaming PC.

I wondered if that was all it took :p

I've the feeling most of those million PC "gamers" are included on the flash games/MMO only players

good to see the RTS and F2P games are even more popular than ever on the PC environment. ;)

Do you also call out Lems on their BS as well?

Not trying to be a smartass, as you are one the better posters on GS. Just wondering if you keep things on an even level.

People who play MMO's aren't consider gamers now? I guess going by that logic that people who bought a PS3 for its Blu-Ray player aren't allowed to be counted in console sales....

Nor should the 20+ million Kinect owners, or the 20 million people who only play CoD.

And don't even get me started on the Nintendo Wii. Wii Sports gamers are not REAL gamers like us >:(

Ahh, the old "MMO" dont count.

Even though they

1. Have more gameplay and content than most console genres.

2. Higher skillcap than 99% of console genres. Resulting in real competitive scenes, something consoles do not have.

3. More difficult content. Period. (not including PVP, see #2)

Well then most Wii and other motion games, CoD type games, Kinect games, and Movie-Games don't count either. Oops there goes 50% of console sales.

people that play MMOs aren't gamers? really?

just built a gaming pc. its so easy to build. and its A LOT more convenient than what people actually believe.

Interesting to see how much more aggresively Nvidia will market PC-gaming this gen as they have no stake at all in the consoles. Wonder what they can achieve together with Valve.

MMO's are considered difficult now? Lawl.

I wonder where they got these numbers from. Also, CoD BLOPS 2 is a terrible example

Forever the stronkiest

That may be the case, but they still contribute to the overall PC market. And MMO... well, expect for it to be a pretty major genre on next gen consoles... just take a look at the PS4 launch line-up...

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Oh, and I accidentally clicked "Flag" on your post, is this the new kind of reporting?

If any mod sees this, it was a mistake... and reporting shouldn't involve only one click, especially with the option so close to "Quote".

Count the genres: Get destroyed.

1. Watch Dogs
2. AC4
3. BF4
4. CoD: Ghosts
5. Cyberpunk 2077 (no specific release for next-gen consoles)
6. FFXIV: ARR (catching up with PC version)
7. Thief 4
8. The Division
9. The Witcher 3
10. Doom4
11. TESO
12. TitanFall
13. Dragon Age 3
14. Mass Effect 4
15. EQ:Next
16. Planetside 2
17. Deus Ex World
18. Dark Souls 2
19. The Evil Within
20. Wolfenstein
21. The Witness
22. Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 - Patriots
23. Star Citizen
24. Diablo3 Expansion
25. SC2 Expansion
26. Galactic Civ 3
27. Project Eternity
28. Divinity Original Sin
29. WasteLand 2
30. Sims4
31. CNC3
32. Path of Exile

Not surprising.

The PC is a very convenient platform that opens the door to superior gaming experience, so people are turning their backs on consoles.

do you just assume every post about PC is negative?

Not going to read unless you can refute me.

Well, it was a negative in this case, he's a cow, and cows aren't really known for the PC love (aside from when they're hiding behind it)! :P

They'll change their tune as F2P becomes more and more prevalent on consoles, though.

Woot pc gaming FTW!

I wanna frame that goddamn thing.

One is a heavily localised sport, while the other is a completely international e-sport. Personally I've never heard of Stanley Cup until this thread, but then again a lot of people don't really pay attention to ice hockey, or have even seen ice hockey before. More widespread sports like soccer will of course attract more viewers.

@Vatusus: So people who play MMO aren't gamers nice logic there but honestly someone like kinda lacked it in the first place

Too bad most of those PC gamers in China and India are pirates.

Wow, Call of duty has made more than the Bond films? That's crazy.

As are the console gamers in the same region?

And out of those 600M gamers few are those who play a wide variety of games.

The majority of people sticks to RTS, MMORPGs, MOBAs...

Nuice assumption....