Report: online gaming drops on PC, Wii beats out PS3 - Ars Technica
Tue, Mar 10th, 2009
A new report from the NPD Group shows that online gaming is up, PC gaming is slightly down, and the Xbox 360 is sitting on top of the console heap for online play. Of the 20,000 people polled for the report, 25 percent played games online, versus 19 percent the year before. That's quite a leap, and one the NPD Group calls "statistically significant." But what is everyone playing on?
The PC is the most popular online platform by a large margin, aslast year 90 percent of online gamers were playing on the PC. Thisyear? Down to 87 percent. The Xbox 360 is surging, with 50 percent of online players usingMicrosoft's system-and Xbox Live-to play games with friends.
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