Pandemic Brought Historic Growth to Gaming PCs, Monitors: IDC

Gaming PCs and monitors were “among the greatest beneficiaries” of the pandemic, reported IDC Monday. As consumers “spent more hours at home and fewer dollars outside,” 2020 shipments of gaming PCs and monitors grew 26.8% year over year to 55 million units, the biggest since IDC began tracking the category five years ago: “Gaming notebooks remained the biggest volume driver.” They grew a record 26.9%, “despite being affected by display panel shortages,” it said. Gaming monitors “reached new heights,” growing more than 77%, it said. “IDC expects the gaming market to remain a bright spot after the overall PC market returns to more normal replacement cycles after the pandemic. While gaming desktops will continue to fade in favor of notebooks, their demise will be more than made up for by notebooks and monitors.”