'PC gamers: hobbyists or heroes?' is not the title of a new report from data firm Newzoo on the Japanese gaming market in 2025, but it probably should be. Turns out, our humble platform has been singlehandedly keeping the rate of profit propped up in the country while consoles have lagged for a good while now. But darker times beckon: the experts predict it's set to slow down in the years to come.
In Japanese yen, 2024 was a year of eye-popping growth for the humble personal computer. It made up ¥240 billion of the overall gaming market's ¥2,483 billion value that year, a year-on-year increase of 16.2% on 2023. Which is nuts. That's a lot of growth.
