The market for gaming PCs and monitors will grow 20% by 2025

According to the latest report from the International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide shipments of gaming PCs and monitors continue to grow at faster rates than their overall markets. For gaming computers, including both desktop and notebook PCs, Unit shipping is expected to increase from 41.3 million in 2020 to 52.3 million by 2025. Similarly, the gaming monitor market is expected to grow from 14.2 million units to 26.4 million shipped in the same time frame. This equates to the two product categories having 5-year compound annual growth rates of 4.8% and 13.2% respectively.

Global component shortages did not slow growth

This solid growth projection is based on recent trends. Despite high logistics costs and a shortage of components for both PCs and displays, shipments in 2021 continued to grow. In fact, Combined shipments of gaming PCs and monitors in Q2 2021 increased 19.3% compared to the same period in 2020, reaching 15.6 million units.

IDC Consumer & Mobile Device Tracking Group Vice President Ryan Reith commented:

The games market was ablaze for years before the pandemic started in 2020 and things only accelerated as most people were spending more time at home and in front of screens.

At this point, the global supply shortage is well known and continues to be a moving target, however, the demand for hardware for games (PCs, consoles, monitors, etc.) and titles continues to increase.

Many have speculated that as the reopening begins slowly around the world, this growth could be in jeopardy, but we are not seeing it.

Because of this, the value of the PC and gaming monitor markets combined is expected to grow from $ 43 billion in 2020 to just over $ 60 billion in 2025, with a compound annual growth rate of 7.4%.

New trends in average sale prices are coming

Regarding price projections, it is expected that opposite average selling price trends will emerge in these two categories. The price of gaming PCs is expected to grow from $ 925 last year to $ 1007 in 2025, even despite the recent introduction of lower-cost gaming desktops and laptops. By comparison, monitor prices that cost $ 339 in 2020 will drop to $ 309 in 2025.

Jay Chou, IDC Global PC Quarterly Monitoring Research Manager added:

Increasingly affordable prices and the ability to handle a variety of tasks outside of gaming are some of the reasons we expect the gaming PC market to remain healthy in the years to come.

Yet even within this performance-focused segment of the market, portability is still important, and that means gaming desktops must innovate to compete with gaming laptops.

It is clear that the pandemic did nothing more than boost the growth of the gaming computer and monitor market, growth that will continue at least for the next several years, according to the IDC. It remains to be expected whether the new price trends will favor players or companies.

Do you think this growth in the gaming PCs and monitors market will continue at the end of the pandemic?

Source: Techpowerup.