Friday, October 1st 2021
The Surge in Gaming PC and Monitors Expected to Remain Strong Through 2025, According to IDC
According to the latest forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Gaming Tracker, worldwide shipments of gaming PCs and monitors continue to grow at rates faster than their parent markets. For gaming PCs, which includes both desktop and notebook PCs, unit shipments are expected to grow from 41.3 million in 2020 and to 52.3 million in 2025. Similarly, the gaming monitor market is expected to jump from 14.2 million units shipped to 26.4 million during the same time frame. This equates to the two product categories having five-year compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) of 4.8% and 13.2% respectively.
The solid growth projection is based on strong recent trends. Despite high logistics costs as well as shortages of components affecting both PCs and displays, shipments in 2021 have remained brisk. The second quarter of 2021 (2Q21) ended with combined shipments of 15.6 million gaming monitors and PCs, an increase of 19.3% compared to the same quarter in 2020.
"The gaming market was on fire for years leading into the start of the pandemic in 2020 and things only accelerated as most people were spending more time at home and in front of screens," said Ryan Reith, group vice president with IDC's Mobility and Consumer Device Trackers. "At this point the global supply shortage is well known and continues to be a moving target, yet demand for gaming hardware (PCs, consoles, monitors, etc.) and titles continues to surge. Many have speculated that as reopening slowly begins around the world this growth could be in jeopardy, but we are just not seeing that."
Overall, the 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%. Despite this growth, slightly different average sales price (ASP) trends are expected to emerge across the two categories. For gaming PCs, IDC expects ASPs to grow from $925 last year to $1007 in 2025, despite the recent introduction of lower cost gaming desktops and notebooks. In comparison, gaming monitors were at $339 last year and are expected to drop to $309 in 2025.
"Increasingly accessible price points and the ability to handle a variety of tasks outside of gaming are just some of the reasons we expect the gaming PC market to remain healthy in the coming years," said Jay Chou, research manager for IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Monitor Tracker. "However, even within this performance-focused segment of the market, portability is still important, and that means gaming desktops need to innovate to compete against gaming notebooks."
The solid growth projection is based on strong recent trends. Despite high logistics costs as well as shortages of components affecting both PCs and displays, shipments in 2021 have remained brisk. The second quarter of 2021 (2Q21) ended with combined shipments of 15.6 million gaming monitors and PCs, an increase of 19.3% compared to the same quarter in 2020.
Overall, the 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%. Despite this growth, slightly different average sales price (ASP) trends are expected to emerge across the two categories. For gaming PCs, IDC expects ASPs to grow from $925 last year to $1007 in 2025, despite the recent introduction of lower cost gaming desktops and notebooks. In comparison, gaming monitors were at $339 last year and are expected to drop to $309 in 2025.
"Increasingly accessible price points and the ability to handle a variety of tasks outside of gaming are just some of the reasons we expect the gaming PC market to remain healthy in the coming years," said Jay Chou, research manager for IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Monitor Tracker. "However, even within this performance-focused segment of the market, portability is still important, and that means gaming desktops need to innovate to compete against gaming notebooks."
21 Comments on The Surge in Gaming PC and Monitors Expected to Remain Strong Through 2025, According to IDC
I been doing high refresh 1440p QNIX since 2012, catch up boys yeeeeehaaaa
Only alternative would be OLED which lasts maybe a year until you get burn-in effects.
Sadly MicroLED is very far away.
I'm waiting on the LG 42" OLED 120hz 4k next year. hopefully it will be $899. that will become my main screen for everything when it comes out.hardware unboxed already reviewed it and said its not as good as other options in similar price range.VA is nice sometimes, I couldn't stand the smearing on the ones I tried though so I gave up on it... apparently the new VA panels like the Samsung 240hz, don't have smearing issues anymore... so maybe if that one ever goes on sale again for $499 I will consider it... I don't think it's worth more than $499 though at this point.
Monitors/comments/hadu9t
My OLED (HTPC) and TN (hardcore gaming)_ both do it much more fluidly (all without any IPS Glow)
VA is only appropriate for old people who can't read without their glasses on - anyone else with remotely-clear vision can see that shit.
TVs are ok using this tech, as the focus is already going to be blurry thanks to 24fps movies pre-blurred-fest, but in any gaming scenario, you're going to notice this transition lag.
I'm glad I built my PC in June 2020, because this year it would have been way more expensive. Even then I had to use my older 2080ti as the graphics card and I haven't been able to find a 3080 at anywhere close to MSRP to replace it. Not that I need to replace it when only playing at 1440p, really. But if this shortage lasts another couple years, eventually my card will give out and I'll be stuck paying scalper prices for anything close to the 2080ti performance (at least a 3070).
Then there's the consideration of eventually my kids will need/want PCs and I will want to build them ones (within 5 years for the first, I'd say). I guess I'll just have to start saving up for new PC hardware at elevated prices.
I hope Crapsair, Asucks and the rest of the ripoff merchants get to sit and collect dust on all of that shipped inventory and that the IDC continue to preach this -- then hopefully, we can get an oversupply of gaming hardware around 2023 and get prices come back to planet earth for PC gamers, because PC gaming has become little more than a scam these past few years (with the most hilarious part being, the same people who were lecturing me on spending £750 on my brand new top of the range Titan X back in the day 6 years back now claiming they're "galaxy brained" for paying the same cost or more for their garbage 3060s/3070s and eating it up like some deal of the century).