“Gaming PCs and monitors continue to grow despite the lack of semiconductors”

IDC, a market research firm, has announced that it will continue to make strides over the next several years for gaming PCs and gaming monitors, which have rapidly expanded the market in response to the demand to refrain from going out of the country due to COVID-19. There was a theory that demand for gaming-related devices is going to decrease due to the end of Corona 19 or the global semiconductor shortage, but IDC predicts that the average annual growth rate from 2020 to 2025 will be 4.8% for gaming PCs and 13.2% for gaming monitors. .

According to an IDC survey, the total shipments of gaming PCs and gaming monitors in the second quarter of 2021 reached 15.6 million units, up 19.3% from the previous year, despite the global semiconductor shortage in 2021. IDC expects that the growth will be maintained after 2021, and the annual shipments of gaming PCs will increase from 41.3 million units in 2020 to 52.3 million units in 2025, and the annual shipments of gaming monitors will increase from 14.2 million units in 2020 to 26.4 million units in 2025. reach During the same period, the average annual growth rate of gaming PCs is 4.8%, and the average annual growth rate of gaming monitors is expected to be 13.2%.

According to this forecast, the combined market size of gaming PCs and gaming monitors will grow from $43 billion in 2020 to $60 billion in 2025, with a CAGR of 7.4% during the same period. However, as for the price, it is said that gaming PC and gaming monitor show a different trend, and the average selling price during the same period rose from $ 925 to $ 1,007 for gaming PC, but decreased from $ 339 to $ 309 for gaming monitor. .

IDC said that one of the reasons that the gaming PC market is expected to remain healthy for the next few years is the increase in the price range that is easy to obtain and the ability to respond to various tasks other than games. They say that the situation has accelerated as a result of increasing the amount of time most people spend in front of screens at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the global semiconductor shortage is a well-known fact and we continue to pay attention to trends, the demand for game-related hardware and game titles such as PCs, game consoles, and monitors continues to surge. It is speculating that growth will be at risk, but IDC says it is not detecting any signs of this. Related information can be found here.