Players’ spending on PC game hardware and accessories increased by 25% in 2021 From NPD

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It seems that the shortage of chips has not really affected the consumption habits of the PC game market, because the latest report of NPD group confirmed that the total expenditure on PC game hardware and accessories in 2021 increased by 25% compared with 2020. However, the percentage increase is not as exaggerated as that in 2019-2020 (62%).

The year-on-year revenue growth of PC game hardware and accessories was led by desktop computers, laptops and PC microphones, with an increase of 38%, 29% and 25% respectively.

PC microphones, monitors and laptops had the highest unit growth, up 27%, 17% and 16% respectively. According to NPD’s prediction, PC game hardware and accessories revenue will decline by 4% in 2022, which is also the expected result under the influence of the huge high sales base in the first two years.

Mat Piscatella, an analyst of NPD group, interprets the above data as follows:

PC games continue to provide a variety of content across many genres. Developers from all over the world are still the birthplace of game innovation, and provide players with countless ways to participate in media. In 2021, PC platform created record consumer spending and participation, further proving that PC, the oldest game platform, may still be the leader in the industry.

Speaking of participation, sales of digital PC content, including cloud and non host VR content, increased by 5% to $7.9 billion. The growth rate of playing PC games is also very strong. According to NPD’s 2021 digital entertainment industry evolution report, PC game players played an average of 7.7 hours a week in 2021, higher than 6.7 hours in 2020.

Steam kicked off this year with a record number of concurrent users. It announced a concurrent record at the beginning of 2022, with 28.2 million users. Two weeks later, the platform broke the 30 million mark on its own. It is easy to conclude that PC gaming platforms will continue to flourish as more games become available to all users.

Epic game store also reported that it continued to grow in 2021, with monthly active users peaking at 62 million in December (up from 56 million a year ago). The overall user expenditure was $840 million, higher than $700 million, but the platform still relies heavily on its free game offers to attract players.

More reading: JPD: PC game hardware sales reached a record $30 billion in 2016 NPD: video game sales fell 57% year-on-year in August 2014 NPD: 34 million core gamers in the United States played more than 22 hours a week on average NPD: Americans of all ages spent more on video games NPD: data show that the total investment in the game industry reached $65 billion in 2012, of which 27 Billion is the game console NPD: the data shows that 72% of American players choose to play online games NPD: in 2014, the proportion of American PC game players was 37%, and the average game time per week was 6.4 hours NPD: in 2014, 73% of American players preferred physical games NPD: in Q1 2014, the game revenue in the United States was $4.6 billion, down 1% year-on-year NPD: in January 2012, the sales of video game hardware and software in the United States were $199.5 million, down year-on-year 18% NPD: in Q2 2011, the U.S. game market expenditure reached $4.5 billion NPD: 38% of Americans are playing free games at this stage NPD: in June 2014, the U.S. game market sales reached $735 million, a year-on-year increase of 24% NPD: in 2013, the total revenue of China’s game industry reached about $9.7 billion NPD: in Q1 2011, the U.S. video game sales reached $5.9 billion

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