“PC Games Surge Ahead: A Stunning Shift in the Gaming Landscape Revealed!”

Since 2021, the PC gaming sector has been on the rise. Currently, the platform accounts for 53% of non-mobile gaming revenues, as indicated by a report from investment research company Epyllion, in contrast to 47% for consoles.

Epyllion’s CEO Matthew Ball shared a presentation of his firm’s State of Video Gaming in 2025 report, outlining how console gaming has plateaued over recent years as consoles from Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo have aged, and an increasing number of gamers are engaging in cross-platform games on PCs.

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“Two decades back, PC’s portion of non-mobile content expenditure was 29%. It is now approximately 53%,” the report states. “And while consoles have stagnated since 2021, PC has experienced a growth of 20%.”

As noted by PC Gamer, not all agree with Epyllion’s perspective; a Newzoo report saw PC gaming trailing consoles by over $16 billion in 2023.

Nevertheless, 2024 saw several significant titles gain traction on PC or maintain a bias towards that platform. Notable games included Baldur’s Gate 3, Helldivers 2, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, Palworld, and Diablo 4.

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The Epyllion report implies that console gaming has slowed as cross-platform gaming has surged, and as gaming consoles like the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 have aged. In late 2024, Sony unveiled a new Pro version of its PlayStation 5, and Nintendo finally revealed its Switch 2 console on Thursday, with further information to be released in April.

Ball asserts that PC gamers benefit from a significantly larger game library, enhanced backward compatibility, the capability to multitask while gaming, and superior performance compared to consoles. “Increasing PC advantages” encompass greater access to previously console-exclusive titles, such as The Last of Us, along with games like Roblox, which offers some premium content exclusively on PC. The emergence of portable Windows and Steam devices, such as Valve’s Steam Deck, also contributes to this trend.