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Jon Peddie Research Predicts that 20 million PC gamer will move towards console gaming by 2022
The PC gaming industry has been anything from dull, PC builds going up, down, trend shifts towards more high-end PCs and so on. In a recent study, Jon Peddie Research, now has made the prediction that by 2022 20 Million PC Gamers will have moved towards some form of console gaming.
In the grand scale of things that still leaves a very massive PC Gaming market, but the prediction is based on a set of logical assumptions. JPR mentions that Moore's Law is becoming increasingly more of an issue as fabrication nodes are slowing down in smaller wafer fabrication sizes (look at how long Intel is staying at 14nm). Long term that will have an impact on the desktop processor market. Another factor is that Smart TVs are getting better, allowing in the near future game streaming services without the need for extra investment of a console. A third factor would be game exclusivity, many software houses are trying to make games more exclusive to say just a PlayStation or Xbox platform release.
The PC gamers that will shift mostly are the ones own an entry-level to mainstream PC. The next generation of consoles from both Microsoft and Sony will very likely see the light of day within the next twelve months or so. Which should bring another boost to the console market as well.
The JPR TV Gaming report covers gaming technologies that are designed to play on televisions. Evaluated within the report are Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Amazon Fire TV, Nvidia Shield, Apple TV, Cable and Satellite boxes, game streaming and more. The analysis contains a recent sales history and three year forecast for unit sales of Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android Consoles, Apple TV and other devices.
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#5663624 Posted on: 04/26/2019 10:07 AM
I just think that PC enthusiasts will remain PC enthusiasts, entry level gaming will die with games as a service (although, they could run via a TV / small PC / small console, crippling consoles as well).
And for many people even a console doesn't make sense compared to gamestreaming with only a small cheap box or even incorporated into TVs.
Consoles have caught up well with the PC, especially since streaming from consoles and recording has gotten a grip, but essentially, I don't see the market switching from PC to consoles more than it did anyway.
I completely agree - actually i would say that the fact that development of new hardware capability is slowing down significantly is more of an incentive to buy a high end pc, as it keeps the pc on par for much longer.
Just like i have my 6 year old 4930k @ 4.5 ghz with 6 cores and 12 threads... it was only very recently made "obsolete" by the 8 core 16 thread 9900k. Still have very little incentive to upgrade atm though, as my cpu can still pull higher than my gpus in all games. When you can keep hardware for that long, a highend pc becomes fairly inexpensive in the long run
I just think that PC enthusiasts will remain PC enthusiasts, entry level gaming will die with games as a service (although, they could run via a TV / small PC / small console, crippling consoles as well).
And for many people even a console doesn't make sense compared to gamestreaming with only a small cheap box or even incorporated into TVs.
Consoles have caught up well with the PC, especially since streaming from consoles and recording has gotten a grip, but essentially, I don't see the market switching from PC to consoles more than it did anyway.
I completely agree - actually i would say that the fact that development of new hardware capability is slowing down significantly is more of an incentive to buy a high end pc, as it keeps the pc on par for much longer.
Just like i have my 6 year old 4930k @ 4.5 ghz with 6 cores and 12 threads... it was only very recently made "obsolete" by the 8 core 16 thread 9900k. Still have very little incentive to upgrade atm though, as my cpu can still pull higher than my gpus in all games. When you can keep hardware for that long, a highend pc becomes fairly inexpensive in the long run
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#5663630 Posted on: 04/26/2019 10:31 AM
Sadly where i live a GTX1060 costs more than min wage... Not kiddin. Same also for all other PC components. For an 1080p 60fps gaming PC we need to pay 4.5-5.5X of min wage (all amd system) (for intel/nvidia system it is around 6x-6.5x) Most of the people are waiting for new consoles, new amd zen / navi or game streaming services. Sadly it is same for the game prices, for both pc and consoles, almost 1/4 - 1/5 of min wage, sometimes more. My gpu died a week ago and i simply can't find a good replacement at a reasonable price, i am on nvidia Geforce NOW beta and igpu. I can buy a console (ps4 pro) now here at the same price of an 1070ti gtx, or 1660ti/2060 , depends on seller 2.5-3.5x min wage, but game prices is also so high. I will probably go for a game streaming service and stay there for a long time.
Sadly where i live a GTX1060 costs more than min wage... Not kiddin. Same also for all other PC components. For an 1080p 60fps gaming PC we need to pay 4.5-5.5X of min wage (all amd system) (for intel/nvidia system it is around 6x-6.5x) Most of the people are waiting for new consoles, new amd zen / navi or game streaming services. Sadly it is same for the game prices, for both pc and consoles, almost 1/4 - 1/5 of min wage, sometimes more. My gpu died a week ago and i simply can't find a good replacement at a reasonable price, i am on nvidia Geforce NOW beta and igpu. I can buy a console (ps4 pro) now here at the same price of an 1070ti gtx, or 1660ti/2060 , depends on seller 2.5-3.5x min wage, but game prices is also so high. I will probably go for a game streaming service and stay there for a long time.
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#5663633 Posted on: 04/26/2019 10:38 AM
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#5663634 Posted on: 04/26/2019 10:39 AM
Where do you live? But yeah, in your case, gamestreaming will make alot more sense, assuming that you have decent internet.
Sadly where i live a GTX1060 costs more than min wage... Not kiddin. Same also for all other PC components. For an 1080p 60fps gaming PC we need to pay 4.5-5.5X of min wage (all amd system) (for intel/nvidia system it is around 6x-6.5x) Most of the people are waiting for new consoles, new amd zen / navi or game streaming services. Sadly it is same for the game prices, for both pc and consoles, almost 1/4 - 1/5 of min wage, sometimes more. My gpu died a week ago and i simply can't find a good replacement at a reasonable price, i am on nvidia Geforce NOW beta and igpu. I can buy a console (ps4 pro) now here at the same price of an 1070ti gtx, or 1660ti/2060 , depends on seller 2.5-3.5x min wage, but game prices is also so high. I will probably go for a game streaming service and stay there for a long time.
Where do you live? But yeah, in your case, gamestreaming will make alot more sense, assuming that you have decent internet.
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I just think that PC enthusiasts will remain PC enthusiasts, entry level gaming will die with games as a service (although, they could run via a TV / small PC / small console, crippling consoles as well).
And for many people even a console doesn't make sense compared to gamestreaming with only a small cheap box or even incorporated into TVs.
Consoles have caught up well with the PC, especially since streaming from consoles and recording has gotten a grip, but essentially, I don't see the market switching from PC to consoles more than it did anyway.