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PC Gaming hardware worth double Console Market

PC Gaming hardware worth double Console Market

As reported by MCV on Friday, July 11, analyst Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has claimed that PC gaming hardware now has a global worth of over £21.5 billion/£12.6 billion, which is said to be over double the value of the console gaming market.

According to JPR’s PC Gaming Hardware Market report, personal computers, upgrades and peripherals used for gaming continues to remain strong and healthy, despite what is said regarding an overall decline in the PC market.

Ted Pollak, the senior gaming analyst at JPR, has made the comment that even though casual users are moving across to mobile devices, PC gamers are actually investing more in high-end gaming rigs.

We continue to see a shift in casual console customers moving to mobile, ” said Pollak. “ While this is also occurring in the lower-end PC gaming world, more money is being directed to mid- and high-range builds and upgrades by gamers.

Committed PC gamers are generally not interested in pure content consumption platforms. They are power users and pay thousands for the ability to play games at very high settings and then do business, video/photo editing, content creation and other tasks with maximum horsepower at their disposal in a desktop ergonomic environment, ” Pollak added.

The current $21.5 billion PC gaming hardware market, according to JPR, is set to reach a total value of $23.2 billion/£13.6 billion by 2017.

JPR’s president Jon Peddie added that the continual increase in performance of gaming systems would keep the PC gaming hardware market alive, even as the console market struggles to keep up.

Nvidia, Intel and AMD have enthusiast CPU and GPUs that are so powerful that, when combined with SSDs and fast memory, they absolutely trounce the computing power and gaming capabilities of the newest console generation, ” Peddie explained.

Being able to drive 3840×2160 (4K) is already a reality for the highest end configurations and the mass market is now able to push 2560×1440. PC gamers with good displays are able to enjoy millions and millions of pixels more than console gamers get on HDTVs. This translates into being able to see more and an overall better gaming experience, ” Peddie continued.

We’ll bring you more PC gaming related news should further information reach our ears.

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