Market share is one thing but to call them niche is another. Yeah, there are a fair number of games I would like to get that are only on DRM laden platforms, but I still have a solid library well beyond what’s needed to keep entertained.
Small market share is literally what niche means here. According to various sources online, GOG currently has a 2-3% market share. It’s smaller than Epic, and smaller even than the Microsoft Store. That is niche, whichever way you slice it.
GOG is not a system meant specifically for people looking for some specific thing, it’s a general purpose market with a wide variety of offerings that happens to have a smaller user base.
Their main customers might be called a niche market in that they’re largely a specific group looking for DRM free games, but the platform isn’t limited to them.
Market share is one thing but to call them niche is another. Yeah, there are a fair number of games I would like to get that are only on DRM laden platforms, but I still have a solid library well beyond what’s needed to keep entertained.
Small market share is literally what niche means here. According to various sources online, GOG currently has a 2-3% market share. It’s smaller than Epic, and smaller even than the Microsoft Store. That is niche, whichever way you slice it.
More broadly it’s a term used for to denote something fitting a very specific purpose or suitable to a small subset of people, animals or things.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/niche
GOG is not a system meant specifically for people looking for some specific thing, it’s a general purpose market with a wide variety of offerings that happens to have a smaller user base.
Their main customers might be called a niche market in that they’re largely a specific group looking for DRM free games, but the platform isn’t limited to them.
Anyhow, enough pedantics for one morning…