PC Gaming Hardware Market to Hit $23.6 Billion in 2012
The recession is winding down and the Enthusiast and Performance class PC gamers (those who spend over $1000 on equipment) have spoken…with their wallets according to Jon Peddie Research. With chips from AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA, new machines from Alienware, HP, Lenovo and others, components and accessories from companies like ASUS, EVGA, Corsair, Logitech, and MadCatz, and new games in the pipe like Far Cry 3, BioShock Infinite, Crysis 3, ARMA 3, rFactor 2, and Interstellar Marines, the financial engine of the world’s most elite gaming platform is fully fueled and will drive the global market to $32 billion by 2015.
This time the hardware suppliers will be ready for them with new machines, Ultra HD and 120 HZ stereo3D capable displays, new super power supplies, sound systems, cases, cooling, high performance memory, SSDs, keyboards, mice, the list goes on and on. The MMO worlds like EVE and WOW will eat every bit of performance the gamers can bring to them. There’s going to be hell to pay and play in the gaming community this summer and going forward. Average selling prices for some components could suffer as competition heats up in 2013, but unit shipments will continue to rise, and components like SSD’s are counterbalancing and buoying system integrated and DIY ASPs.
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