Numbers shows that PC market is dying.

[QUOTE="Nanomage"]Thanks for posting this,that´s great news for the PC gaming market,pre builts are garbage and people can just focus on actually building their systems with custom hardware,that market has been in higher demand than ever and it will only increase further in the future.Mr_BillGates

PC gaming keeps getting better and better,as the number have been showing now moreso than before,and growing at an alarming rate.

[QUOTE="Mr_BillGates"][QUOTE="Nanomage"]Thanks for posting this,that´s great news for the PC gaming market,pre builts are garbage and people can just focus on actually building their systems with custom hardware,that market has been in higher demand than ever and it will only increase further in the future.Nanomage

PC gaming keeps getting better and better,as the number have been showing now moreso than before,and growing at an alarming rate.

so they sold nearly 80 million units in in Q1 of 2013?  thats alot of pc's lol.  still, what does this have to do with gaming?  or pc gaming for that matter?

This thread, your name along with your sig is so ironic that it hurts.

so they sold nearly 80 million units in in Q1 of 2013?  thats alot of pc's lol.  still, what does this have to do with gaming?  or pc gaming for that matter?

Rage010101

PC gaming = Windows.

And Windows' present and future =

Linux for gaming? haha. No. PC gaming is actually turning worse as the platform it relies on abandons it.

[QUOTE="Vaasman"]

This thread shows that you suck at making threads.

Mr_BillGates

Ok, please help me follow your thread.

What is a 

• Numbers shows
• Facts hurts
• Numbers speaks

[QUOTE="Rage010101"]

so they sold nearly 80 million units in in Q1 of 2013?  thats alot of pc's lol.  still, what does this have to do with gaming?  or pc gaming for that matter?

redneckdouglas

PC gaming = Windows.

And Windows' present and future =

Linux for gaming? haha. No. PC gaming is actually turning worse as the platform it relies on abandons it.

its funny when people make threads thinking they have a valid point only to be laughed it.  Sometimes I wonder "did they honestly think what they posted was even remotely logical?"  If so that is just sad.  I hope you are trolling and your reasoning skills aren't really this poor.

[QUOTE="Vaasman"]

This thread shows that you suck at making threads.

Mr_BillGates

PC game sales hit $20 billion last year, no signs of slowing

http://www.techspot.com/news/52070-pc-game-sales-hit-20-billion-last-year-no-signs-of-slowing.html

Check mate

stopped reading when i saw it included companies like DELL and HP etc.     I mean sure, yea pc is in decline for home use because of tablets and smart phones, but none of those pre-made garbage pc's were built for gaming so its not like it matters.       So i really fail to see how this effects pc gaming. 

Lenovo's worldwide PC shipments were flat compared with a year ago. While its shipment growth rate exceeded the overall industry average, it was Lenovo's slowest growth since the first quarter of 2009. The slowdown was attributed to a shipment decline in Asia/Pacific, where more than 50 percent of Lenovo's PCs were shipped.

Dell also had a challenging quarter, registering a shipment decline in all regions except Japan. In Gartner's preliminary view, Dell's shipment growth in Japan was boosted by moderate demand, driven by a corporate refresh. Dell's discussions about a possible leveraged buyout impacted shipments, as competitors aggressively attacked Dell's position in the professional market.

In the U.S. market, PC shipments totaled 14.2 million units in the first quarter of 2013, a 9.6 percent decline from the first quarter of 2012 (see Table 2). It marked a record of six consecutive quarters of shipment declines.

http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2420816

Consumer:When is a good time to buy a new PC system?

Common sense:Never.

You do realize that the gaming market has been self sufficient for years right?

The general PC market is dying, this is true. But every year performance parts sell a bit better than the last year. Gaming is self sufficent. 

That's the effect of Post-PC era. You just can't evade it. Desktop PCs are indeed dying.

Good thing that has nothing to do with the actual gaming section of the market,wich has been increasing every year,but nice try there sunshine :lol:MrYaotubo

[QUOTE="MrYaotubo"]Good thing that has nothing to do with the actual gaming section of the market,wich has been increasing every year,but nice try there sunshine :lol:tagyhag

nope

Thanks for posting this,that´s great news for the PC gaming market,pre builts are garbage and people can just focus on actually building their systems with custom hardware,that market has been in higher demand than ever and it will only increase further in the future.Nanomage

Numbers shows?  I cant imagine those being fun to watch.

The data shows that consumer level PC sales fell and that this was due to increased competition by tablets and smartphones. Of course the sales decreased, this is expected. The data also showed that enthusiast PCs increased in sales.

...Don't make another thread like this again.

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The PC market isn't dying, it's just having some of it's market share taken over by tablets and smartphones, which are also affecting console sales. 

That being said, I have to wonder if the PC might not be as in good of shape as some people here like to believe. I'm no expert, but aren't Intel and Nvidia basically the only two companies coming out with new PC architecture? I guess you could also say AMD, although they seem to have been on the brink of collapse for a while now (with next gen consoles probably saving them, at least for the time being). Still, it seems like the area lacks competition, which is problematic. 

Also I could have sworn I read somewhere last year that Intel was planning on soldering CPUs directly to their motherboards, essentially removing some of the modularity of desktop PCs. Correct me if I'm wrong I'm wrong of course (I have limited knowledge of PC hardware), but it's seems like we're headed to a future where the "system on a chip" design takes over. 

Thanks for continually being one of the worst posters ever

...Don't make another thread like this again.

mitu123

I mean isn't that what always happens here?:D

Who buys pre-made factory junk computers these days?

All about building your own.

You converters can't hide the truth. Numbers speaks the truth. I speak the truth.

Who buys pre-made factory junk computers these days?

All about building your own.

Truth_Hurts_U

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

...Don't make another thread like this again.

Vyse_Legends

I mean isn't that what always happens here?:D

Who buys pre-made factory junk computers these days?

All about building your own.

Truth_Hurts_U

You converters can't hide the truth. Numbers speaks the truth. I speak the truth.

Mr_BillGates

So first it was numbers shows and now numbers speaks?  These sound like very boring events, tbh.

This thread shows that you suck at making threads.

If you look at GeForce sales, GTX continues to get bigger because more and more people are moving over to have a gaming PC were not seeing that market shrink at all. Whats happening is gamers from console are moving across and buying a gaming PC and that markets remaining flat or growing. The bit of the PC market thats shrinking is the entry-level as people buy more tablets. Tablets are replacing £400-£500 notebooks.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/12/20/next-gen-consoles-will-struggle-to-beat-pc-say-industry-insiders/

This thread shows that you suck at making threads.

Vaasman

As usual the guy who flaunts Apple affiliation gets bitchslapped. As it should be :cool:

More people are getting older, therefore want something that is simple like a tablet to check their emails. 

windows 8 is certainly not helping Steam only saw 50% rise last year. nutcrackr

This thread shows that you suck at making threads.

This thread shows that you suck at making threads.

Vaasman

I expect this thread shall hit 500 posts on the 'morrow.:P

NPD 2012

"Both December and the year as a whole were down 22 percent from their respective 2011"

NPD 2011

"All metrics -- videogame hardware, software, and accessories -- were down in December as compared with December 2010, and ditto for 2011 as compared with 2010"

NPD 2010

"Tracking results from the NPD Group for new U.S. retail video game sales in December showed industry revenues for the important December sales period shrinking 9 percent compared to the same month last year, leaving the industry down 5 percent for the entire year"

RIP in pieces, console industry :(