Revenue From Desktop Gaming PCs Jumped 38% in 2021: NPD
U.S. consumer spending on PC gaming hardware and accessories reached $5.74 billion in 2021, an increase of 25% over 2020, after a 62% revenue increase in 2020 from 2019, reported NPD Friday. Year-over-year revenue growth in PC gaming hardware and…
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accessories categories was led by desktop computers (up 38%), notebook computers (up 29%) and PC mics (up 25%), said NPD. PC mics (27%), monitors (17%) and notebooks (16%) had the highest unit growth, it said. NPD forecasts a 4% decline in 2022 PC gaming hardware and accessories revenue, “a result of tremendously high volumes for the previous two years,” it said. PC gaming “continues to offer a wide variety of content, across numerous genres, coming from developers around the world,” said analyst Mat Piscatella. “In 2021, the PC platform generated record consumer spending and engagement, further proving that the oldest game platform may indeed still be the industry’s best.”