Video Game Hardware Forecasted to Reach $135 Billion

Video Game Hardware Forecasted to Reach $135 Billion

It has always been a great irony that, as video game software has gone digital, spending on hardware to play games has soared.  Unlike other entertainment industries, video game hardware is definitely not a commodity.  DFC Intelligence forecasts that global spending on video game hardware will grow from $82 billion in 2021 to $135 billion in 2026.  This includes console systems, PC hardware used for games and accessories such as controllers, headsets, gaming keyboards an.....
Soaring Video Game Accessories Market Reaches $11 Billion

Soaring Video Game Accessories Market Reaches $11 Billion

According to the latest report from DFC Intelligence the video game accessories market soared to $11 billion in 2020. While much of this growth was driven by stay-at-home orders and new console systems, long-term growth is expected to continue. By 2025, DFC forecasts the video game accessories market will reach $15 billion. The video game accessories market sa.....
Nvidia Value More Than Sony/Nintendo Combined as PC Game Sales Soar

Nvidia Value More Than Sony/Nintendo Combined as PC Game Sales Soar

The past holiday season saw a focus on the launch of PlayStation 5 and the new Xbox systems.  However, some of the biggest news was the explosion of sales for PC games.  DFC Intelligence just released its latest PC game forecasts showing that 2020 revenue for PC games reached over $36 billion.  More importantly, this is not expected to be a temporary increase.  DFC Intelligence forecasts that soaring PC ha.....

Will Minecraft RTX Drive Hardware Sales?

Minecraft is one of the most popular video games of all-time.  It is also decidedly low-tech and noted for its blocky graphics.  However, that may be changing as Minecraft looks to become one of the leading franchises for the next generation.  Minecraft RTX will be a major upgrade In May, DFC wrote about how Minecraft was starting to become cool again.  This was after the game seemed to stagna.....
Winners and Losers in $70 Billion PC Game Hardware Market

Winners and Losers in $70 Billion PC Game Hardware Market

The latest DFC Intelligence forecasts estimate that by 2023 consumer spending on PC game hardware spending will reach $70 billion. This is a big number and it is, of course, attracting all kinds of participants. There will be many companies losing money trying to chase this consumer spending. Just like with the software market, there is no shortage of companies trying to cash in on consumer demand. Iro.....
Nvidia Debuts GTX 1050 GPUs

Nvidia Debuts GTX 1050 GPUs

This week Nvidia Corp. unveiled two new GPUs, the GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti. Unlike the TSMC 16 nanometer FinFET manufacturing process utilized with the other Pascal GPUs released since May, the 1050 series is based on a 14nm part from an unspecified provider. .....

Microsoft Looks At Modular PCs

FEB. 16, 2016 • Last July, Microsoft Corp. filed for a U.S. patent on a modular PC design in which GPU, CPU and accessory components would be housed in separate easy to stack components without requiring any tools. Microsoft’s application was published by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office on February 11. The reason behind Microsoft’s interest in modular design is that the company sees that most consumers upgrade their PCs by buying a whole new .....

Nvidia Shows Shield Console

MARCH 4, 2015 • At an E3-style presentation, in San Francisco, Nvidia Corp. unveiled an Android-based home system named the Shield Console. The chipmaker has already released Shield Tablet and Shield Portable devices. The latest Shield is powered by Nvidia’s Tegra X1 processor mated with a 256-core Maxwell GPU equipped with 3GB of ram. These components make possible high-definition playba.....