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Japan’s PC Gaming Market Size Triples In 4 Years (www.serkantoto.com)
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[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Net cafes are already a thing there, but personal gaming at home has always been dominated by the portable market or consoles, partially because Japanese companies are the ones making 2/3 of them, but also because the majority of the "gaming" demographic are younger people who live in small studio apartments in Tokyo, and would opt to have a TV with cable television and consoles in their living rooms.

With streaming becoming a big thing, at home media centres are slowly shifting to personal laptops (especially during the pandemic). I have maybe seen two actual gaming PC towers when I lived there (because again, you can go to a net cafe/PC bang for that), but a lot of the gamers I knew were slowly shifting to modest gaming laptops for their at home setups.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't know how much this form factor is catching on over there, but there's also a mini PC category these days. For $500 and change, you can have a gaming PC that fits in the palm of your hand and is more powerful than a PS4 Pro.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

I have no doubt there is at least one small, enthusiastic group in Tokyo dedicated to building/promoting miniPCs lol. That city has a niche for EVERYTHING that has penetrated Japanese social consciousness.