PC was 43 billion dollars in sales in 2025, Steam was about 17 or 18 billion. The graph up this thread was an earlier year where Steam’s market share was smaller. Neither figure is 75%.
Gaming as a whole was 200 billion in sales last year. Half of it was mobile.
It’s 75%. It’s not crazy far up on the monopoly scale, but IMO enough to be called one.
But there is no “limit”. If you are the only vegetable seller on the market, you have 100% market share. But as long as anyone else can set up another shop and compete equally, I wouldn’t call it a monopoly.
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is steam really over 95% of the market? i think that’s where the limit is
No, 8.6 billion out of 45 billion dollars. That’s a fifth.
well… that’s it then. case closed.
That’s the entire gaming market. Steam commands 75% of PC gaming.
The entire gaming market is closer to 200 billion on that graph.
I don’t really know where they got one fifth from, look it up and you will find three quarters.
PC was 43 billion dollars in sales in 2025, Steam was about 17 or 18 billion. The graph up this thread was an earlier year where Steam’s market share was smaller. Neither figure is 75%.
Gaming as a whole was 200 billion in sales last year. Half of it was mobile.
The graphic literally says PC games revenue is $45 billion. What are you getting at?
Even at 100% of PC gaming, that would be a small part of video games in general. A bit disingenuous to call that a monopoly.
It’s 75%. It’s not crazy far up on the monopoly scale, but IMO enough to be called one.
But there is no “limit”. If you are the only vegetable seller on the market, you have 100% market share. But as long as anyone else can set up another shop and compete equally, I wouldn’t call it a monopoly.