--- title: PC and console market grew 2.6% in 2023, but playtime... description: The PC and console market grew by 2.6% in 2023, but playtime hours decreased. The report highlights the challenges in the market, the decrease in average... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pc-and-console-market-grew-2-6-in-2023-but-playtime-hours-fell-newzoo-0bwv0ddla twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PC and console market grew 2.6% in 2023, but playtime hours fell | Newzoo | daily.dev og:description: The PC and console market grew by 2.6% in 2023, but playtime hours decreased. The report highlights the challenges in the market, the decrease in average... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pc-and-console-market-grew-2-6-in-2023-but-playtime-hours-fell-newzoo-0bwv0ddla og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0BWv0DDLa.png og:image:alt: PC and console market grew 2.6% in 2023, but playtime hours fell | Newzoo og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # PC and console market grew 2.6% in 2023, but playtime hours fell | Newzoo **[Venture Beat](https://daily.dev/sources/venturebeat)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The PC and console market grew by 2.6% in 2023, but playtime hours decreased. The report highlights the challenges in the market, the decrease in average quarterly playtime, and the dominance of franchise games. It also mentions the growth opportunities in emerging markets. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#market-research](https://daily.dev/tags/market-research) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pc-and-console-market-grew-2-6-in-2023-but-playtime-hours-fell-newzoo-0bwv0ddla) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"PC and console market grew 2.6% in 2023, but playtime hours fell | Newzoo","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pc-and-console-market-grew-2-6-in-2023-but-playtime-hours-fell-newzoo-0bwv0ddla","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pc-and-console-market-grew-2-6-in-2023-but-playtime-hours-fell-newzoo-0bwv0ddla"},"datePublished":"2024-04-02T16:04:01.458Z","dateModified":"2024-07-02T02:12:58.593Z","description":"The PC and console market grew by 2.6% in 2023, but playtime hours decreased. The report highlights the challenges in the market, the decrease in average...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e7e498883a7fd7399d15d9f825cfc610?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e7e498883a7fd7399d15d9f825cfc610?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Venture Beat","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Venture Beat","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/a55b09fe104a44d6b5f4c88ed0fd1315","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/venturebeat"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/pc-and-console-market-grew-2-6-in-2023-but-playtime-hours-fell-newzoo-0bwv0ddla","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"market-research","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Venture Beat","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/venturebeat"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"PC and console market grew 2.6% in 2023, but playtime hours fell | Newzoo"}]} ```