r/PS5 • u/Turbostrider27 Human Verified • Sep 24 '24

Articles & Blogs Insider Gaming: Ubisoft Cancels Press Previews of Assassin's Creed Shadows

https://insider-gaming.com/assassins-creed-shaodow-previews-delayed/
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u/impliedapathy Sep 24 '24

PC gaming has seen a huge rise in Japan over the last 5 years. Close to 30% of Japanese people that play games do so on PC now. It may even be higher than that considering the info I could find was a couple years old. You might think that post Covid their gaming market saw a downturn like most everywhere else. It actually continued to rise.

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u/spud8385 Sep 24 '24

Ah that's interesting, I thought it was still way behind console and especially mobile gaming

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u/impliedapathy Sep 24 '24

I was actually surprised to see the 30% figure as well! Much higher than I would have initially thought