非盈利性组织PCGA和市场调查公司DFC Intelligence声称，2010年全球PC游戏市场总收入增长20%，创纪录地达到162亿美元。

PCGA第三方委托人最初的Horizons年度调查报告显示，去年全球所有地区的PC游戏市场收入均有所增长。据游戏邦了解，DFC Intelligence是为PC游戏事业增长提供认证的公司。报告中指出，中国市场的PC游戏增长幅度最大，2010年收入达48亿美元，创历史记录。韩国、日本、美国、英国和德国的游戏市场较为成熟，2010年总收入为73亿美元，增长19%。

据估计，全球PC游戏运营收入未来还将保持9%的年增长率，预计到2014年总收入将达到230亿美元。据PCGA所述，大部分增长源于数字化销售配送渠道及付款方式的便利性。

PCGA主席、英特尔公司分析师Matt Ployhar说道：“全世界又开始关注PC游戏市场。导致此现象发生的几个重要因素包括使游戏的数字化销售、免费和网络化更切实可行的新型商业模式以及迎合PC游戏系统变革使之更具盈利能力的游戏形式。大型游戏公司将PC游戏平台带来的数字化收入作为主要收入增长版块。很显然，2010年PC游戏市场的表现将使大量资金流入PC游戏运营。”

PCGA将于下周GDC大会闭幕后和所有成员分享这份由DFC Intelligence出台的Horizons报告。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

PCGA: Global PC Gaming Market Grew 20% In 2010 To $16.2 Billion

Non-profit group the PC Gaming Alliance (PCGA) and market research firm DFC Intelligence claim the global PC games market grew 20 percent in 2010, generating a record $16.2 billion in revenue.

In preliminary findings published from its third commissioned annual Horizons research report, the PCGA, a corporation dedicated to avocating the growth of PC gaming, says no geographical market segments showed a decline in PC game revenues in the past year. The report points out China as the “largest and fastest growing market for PC games” after hitting a record $4.8 billion for 2010. “Mature” game markets like Korea, Japan, United States, United Kingdom, and Germany grew a total of 19 percent last year to generate $7.3 billion.

Global revenues for the PC gaming business are expected to continue increasing at a compound annual growth rate of 9 percent, reaching $23 billion by 2014. The PCGA says most of this growth will be driven by “the increasing ease of digital distribution delivery solutions and payment methods.”

“The spotlight has definitely shifted back to the PC game market,” claims PCGA president and Intel analyst Matt Ployhar. “A few of the biggest factors fueling this movement are innovative business models making games more accessible with digital distribution, free to play, and online; along with game formats embracing the shifts occurring in the evolution of the PC ecosystem to remain more profitable

Ployhar continues, “Large game publishers are looking at digital revenue on the PC game platform as one of their key areas of growth and it is clear that the performance of the PC game market in 2010 is resulting in substantial investment money flowing into the PC game business.”

The PCGA will share the full Horizons report, which was conducted by DFC Intelligence, with all PCGA members next week after the Game Developers Conference. (Source: Gamasutra)