- Nov 22, 2005
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I hit up Torrent Freak and they had some BT stats published by a German company. The study revealed that only 3.68 percent of .torrent files are for games. This number is MUCH less than what I would have guessed. My guess would have been more in the area of 25 percent or more. The article didn't mention what type of games they were such as PC or console.
However, the article goes on to state that although these statistics show the amount of .torrent files for each type of file (game, movie, tv show, etc) are on the popular torrent sites, it doesn't show how many people are actually downloading or distributing those files. For example, games might only 3% of the total amount of .torrent files available but 50% of the people on BT could be distributing the 3% of files those .torrents represent.
Nonetheless I found it interesting anyway.
Maybe P2P won't be the downfall of PC gaming after all...
EDIT - Forgot the link:
http://torrentfreak.com/bittor...ular-than-ever-071009/
However, the article goes on to state that although these statistics show the amount of .torrent files for each type of file (game, movie, tv show, etc) are on the popular torrent sites, it doesn't show how many people are actually downloading or distributing those files. For example, games might only 3% of the total amount of .torrent files available but 50% of the people on BT could be distributing the 3% of files those .torrents represent.
Nonetheless I found it interesting anyway.
Maybe P2P won't be the downfall of PC gaming after all...
EDIT - Forgot the link:
http://torrentfreak.com/bittor...ular-than-ever-071009/