PC Gaming Growing Faster Than Consoles

[Dohc-WP]

The new consoles – PlayStation 4 and Xbox One – are selling faster than any console before, and the PC market in general is in decline, but PC gaming is somehow, incredibly enough, still managing to outpace the growth of console gaming, according to this new report.

According to the report, the PC market has generated a total of $21.5 billion in hardware sales last year, which is double the revenue generated from sales of consoles. The same report also states that pre-made PCs are not very popular with PC gamers- they prefer to build their own custom rigs. The report also goes on to infer that PC gamers, investing so much time and effort into their machines, are probably the most ‘hardcore’ gamers of them all, which explains why they are also willing to put their money where their mouth is.

The report does point out that the PC market in general will continue to grow in the coming years – which will be a reversal of trends from the last few years – but I think it is safe to assume PC gaming will be a massive driver for that growth.



Source: GamingBolt

 

[Space_Chief]

The new consoles – PlayStation 4 and Xbox One – are selling faster than any console before, and the PC market in general is in decline, but PC gaming is somehow, incredibly enough, still managing to outpace the growth of console gaming, according to this new report.

According to the report, the PC market has generated a total of $21.5 billion in hardware sales last year, which is double the revenue generated from sales of consoles. The same report also states that pre-made PCs are not very popular with PC gamers- they prefer to build their own custom rigs. The report also goes on to infer that PC gamers, investing so much time and effort into their machines, are probably the most ‘hardcore’ gamers of them all, which explains why they are also willing to put their money where their mouth is.

The report does point out that the PC market in general will continue to grow in the coming years – which will be a reversal of trends from the last few years – but I think it is safe to assume PC gaming will be a massive driver for that growth.



Source: GamingBolt

The PC market has generated $21.5 billion in h/w sales but is that gaming PC or all PCs including office boxes and non gamer laptops?

EVen if this is only gamer PC, note that this spreads the revenue among, many, many vendors. While Sony, Nintendo or M$ get the 10 odd Billion, the 21.5 has to be shared among cpu makers, mobo makers, memory makers, storage makers, gpu makers, case makers, psu makers, cooling makers and so on. It's obvious that given that the 3 console makers still have it better than the large number of manufacturers who have to compete for gamers' eyeballs and money.

 

[oltman]

The PC market has generated $21.5 billion in h/w sales but is that gaming PC or all PCs including office boxes and non gamer laptops?

EVen if this is only gamer PC, note that this spreads the revenue among, many, many vendors. While Sony, Nintendo or M$ get the 10 odd Billion, the 21.5 has to be shared among cpu makers, mobo makers, memory makers, storage makers, gpu makers, case makers, psu makers, cooling makers and so on. It's obvious that given that the 3 console makers still have it better than the large number of manufacturers who have to compete for gamers' eyeballs and money.

Keep in mind that most hardware in consoles are made from near standard PC parts these days. It is the same players in the console market and the PC market.