--- title: "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 source_url: https://venturebeat.com/games/pc-and-console-market-grew-2-6-in-2023-but-playtime-hours-fell-newzoo/ type: article source: "Venture Beat" published: 2024-04-02T16:04:01.458Z updated: 2024-07-02T02:12:58.593Z tags: ["market-research"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: 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: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- 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)