According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2023, around 83 percent of respondents stated that they had used an online provider such as Steam in order to purchase a PC game. About 34 percent had bought physical copies, down from 47 percent in the previous year.
Method of PC video game purchase in South Korea as of July 2023
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Korea Creative Content Agency. (2023). Method of PC video game purchase in South Korea as of July 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309555/south-korea-pc-game-purchase-type/
Korea Creative Content Agency. "Method of Pc Video Game Purchase in South Korea as of July 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309555/south-korea-pc-game-purchase-type/
Korea Creative Content Agency, Method of PC video game purchase in South Korea as of July 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309555/south-korea-pc-game-purchase-type/ (last visited April 18, 2024)
Method of PC video game purchase in South Korea as of July 2023 [Graph], Korea Creative Content Agency, October 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309555/south-korea-pc-game-purchase-type/