Jon Peddie Research Announces 2011 International PC Gaming Hardware Estimates
As PC Games improve in visual quality, the need for updated hardware becomes apparent. This is one of the reasons for the increase in computer hardware sales according to Jon Peddie Research. They estimate that gamers are poised to spend more than 22 Billion across the globe on gaming hardware alone in 2011.
Ted Pollak, Senior Gaming Analyst for Jon Peddie Research notes the natural cycle of PC hardware purchases from historical inflection points, system demands of modern FPS (first person shooters) and RTS (real-time strategy) titles, cheaper high resolution displays, SSDs (solid state drives), and the convenience of digital distribution services like Steam and Direct2Drive. But Pollak also attributes growth to newly converted PC gamers tiring of the limitations of aging console platforms, the widely applauded advancements in Direct X 11, and the increasing appetite of PC gamers for high quality speaker systems, headsets, mice, cases, cooling, and other accessories and customizations.
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