NEW DELHI New Delhi: According to a new report, the global gaming market for PCs and monitors is expected to reach 69.3 million this year, 9 percent more than in 2023. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), gaming desktop , a key segment for high-end gaming and monitors, which is expected to recover as new GPUs hit stores in 2025. Gaming penetration is also expected to increase going forward, with gaming becoming the largest segment of the total PC and Monitors will take 20 percent of the market.

In the second quarter this year, approximately 10.6 million units were shipped as gaming PCs saw a modest recovery of 2.4 percent year-over-year. Gaming monitor growth remained strong as monitor shipments reached approximately 6.5 million units and year-on-year According to Jitesh Ubrani, research manager at IDC, economic challenges aside, the slowdown in gaming PCs is due to a lack of exciting hardware and a lack of investment from both consumers and suppliers in adjacent markets such as handhelds. Is also.

He said that even with further market improvement in the coming quarters, gaming PC volumes will remain lower than those seen in 2021, as some consumers use other methods of gaming alongside or instead of traditional gaming PCs. IDC According to the report, after unit contraction in both 2022 and 2023, the gaming market for PCs and monitors will recover in 2024.

Jay Chou, research manager at IDC, said gaming monitors have achieved some milestones in the second quarter this year. Additionally, gaming's share of the total monitor market reached a record 20 percent, as continued price declines and the removal of budget from the slow-moving gaming PC landscape also helped, Chow reported.