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Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers

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433 points Sporktacular | 2 comments | 04 Aug 23 00:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.469s | source
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deafpolygon ◴[04 Aug 23 06:22 UTC] No.36996116[source]▶
In unrelated news, macOS is now the 2nd most popular gaming platform - after iOS.

Now that you can run iOS apps on it.

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KeplerBoy ◴[04 Aug 23 06:29 UTC] No.36996172[source]▶
What makes you think iOS is the most popular gaming platform?
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numpad0 ◴[04 Aug 23 08:01 UTC] No.36996883[source]▶
looked up: video game industry is $190bn and lootbox is $19bn market. iOS therefore cannot be the most popular platform, despite it possibly with highest mental share for some.
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1. troupo ◴[04 Aug 23 08:19 UTC] No.36997012[source]▶
You don't just look at money, you also look at time spent. But even when it comes to money, https://sea.mashable.com/tech-1/20432/60-of-entire-gaming-ma...

Mobile gaming is nearly double the rest of gaming market combined.

However, it looks like Android gets more money there: https://www.businessofapps.com/data/mobile-games-revenue/

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2. KeplerBoy ◴[04 Aug 23 08:58 UTC] No.36997314[source]▶
I would be more interested in something like median money and time spent.

I suspect mobile gaming is dominated by a long tail of whales, but what do I know. Gaming on phones never really appealed to me.