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).
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.