According to DFC Intelligence , research and analysis firm for indústrica gaming , the PC gaming market had revenues of $ 25 billion in 2013 , an increase of $ 3 billion over 2012. The " League of Legends " and " Dota 2 " MOBAS were the most profitable games of the year .
" We believed that with the lack of major releases , the total would use a low " said analyst Jeremy Miller gameindustry.biz the site . " However , the main headings 2012 continued to have good performance in 2013 , and new games like ' Battlefield 4' and ' Total War : Rome II ' had good performances ."
The firm also noted the growth of hours of gameplay in MOBAS comparing the decline of massive multiplayer online games . By the end of 2013 , MMOs fell to 500 million total hours while MOBAS amounted to almost 1.8 billion hours . ' Dota 2 ' , Valve , was the game with the highest growth rate in the year .
hybrid model
" The big surprise is that the initial payment model still seems to go very well. ' Dota 2 ' charged a fee of $ 30 for access to the beta before becoming free, and a large number of people took advantage of it ," said David Cole , DFC . " So we actually see a hybrid model where you can call [ a game ] F2P but charge a price at the time of purchase ."
Analysts expect 2014 to be an even more promising year for PC gaming , since many of the new generation games also have versions for PC , highlighting the release of " The Elder Scrolls Online " and the possibility of adaptation of " GTA V " for the platform.
The complete study of DFC Intelligence will be released on February 11 .
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