Japanese PC gaming has had incredible growth in the last few years

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Japan’s PC gaming market has roughly doubled in three years, growing to nearly $896 million US between 2018 and 2021. The user base of active PC gamers has increased by 5 million from 2015 to 2021, with 4.5 million of those playing exclusively on PC—up more than 100% from 2015’s 2.2 million PC-exclusive Japanese gamers.

The new data comes from the latest report by Japanese game industry think tank Kadokawa ASCII Research Laboratories, a well-regarded publication which compiles yearly material about the performance of the gaming industry both domestically in Japan and abroad. Such clear data on growth in the industry will come as a surprise to many who’ve yet to discard the old wisdom that PC Gaming in Japan is a small niche.



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