PC monitors could drop in price due to low demand

In the middle of the pandemic, the monitors had their best moment, driven by changes in habit where people had to work at home. But in the third quarter of 2021, the demand started to wane. This is not good news for providers, But it’s good news for consumers because as demand declines, prices should also drop.

The demand for PC monitors skyrocketed in the first half of 2020 when people started buying them for laptops (notebooks and so on). This demand continued to rise primarily due to working from home, but now monitor shipments are back to normal numbers, according to market researchers at Jon Peddie Research and IDC.

Around 25 million gaming monitors will be sold in 2021.

And about 34.8 million PC displays were sold in the third quarter of 2021, 7.2% less than in the same quarter of the previous year, according to IDC. This is surely in contrast to the 86.652 million PCs shipped in Q3, but given that the vast majority of PCs are notebook computers, this doesn’t seem surprising. Meanwhile, the gaming monitor market continues to grow. Last year, the number of monitors and gaming machines increased to 26.4 million units.

According to IDC, the overall value of the combined gaming PC and monitor markets is expected to grow from $ 43 billion in 2020 to just over $ 60 billion in 2025 with a five-year CAGR of 7.4%. Of course, shortages and high prices are something we expected, IDC says gaming monitors were $ 339 in 2020, and are expected to drop to $ 309 in 2025.

“There has been a lot of interest in monitors with 144 Hz and even higher, said the researcher.” In addition, there has been a forceful move from full HD to 1440 and even 4K. And then there are those gorgeous 34-49-inch curved monitors. “

While overall hardware demand skyrocketed between 2020 and 2021 and that growth is slowing, Demand for gaming displays will be steady, according to the researchers.