The Japanese PC gaming market has doubled in just 3 years

With each passing year, it seems as though the PC gaming market continues to see a rather significant amount of growth. This is no more true than in the case of Japan, where the PC gaming market has reportedly doubled in just the past three years alone.

According to Japanese think tank KADOKAWA ASCII Research Laboratories and as reported on by Dr. Sekan Toto of Kantan Games, the PC gaming market – long considered a niche in Japan when compared to mobile and console gaming – has seen rather significant growth in the past three years, with its total value landing at 131.3 billion yen (US$896 million) in 2021. As mentioned, this represents double the value of the PC market in Japan when compared to 2018.

Not only has the value increased, but so too has the physical number of PC players, increasing from 11 million in 2015 to 16 million in 2021 (a 45% increase in players – though real growth in actuality is closer to 22% due to the population growth of video game players in the country during the same period.)

The final figures of note released revealed the fact that 4.5 million of the 16 million total PC players actually play exclusively on the platform (with the other 11.5 million also playing mobile/console games).

The Japanese market has long been focused on mobile gaming and then console gaming, with PCs bringing up the rear. While the majority of gamers remain mobile and console loyalists, it is interesting to see just how quickly the PC market is catching up.

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