PC market Latest news (3)

Laty, 04 February 2020, 16:14

Many PC component price analysts have expressed their concerns about the coronavirus outbreak in China. After all, many large companies have their branches in that region of the world, and the virus could hit production and consumer demand.

Peter Doron, 03 January 2020, 11:51

With the latest moves, AMD is quickly closing in on Intel. According to PassMark, the Ryzen manufacturer already has almost 40% of the CPU market share. There are many indications that the difference will be diminishing in the coming months, and many believe that AMD will eventually overtake the competition.

Adrian Werner, 29 December 2019, 17:59

According to analysts, graphics card prices may increase next year. One reason for this will be the increased demand for GDDR6 memory due to the launch of Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5.

Konrad Serafinski, 02 November 2019, 23:16

Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive, said in one of the recent interviews that in his opinion the PC market could account for up to 50% of revenues from multiplatform games.

Bart Swiatek, 29 October 2019, 20:05

Electronic Arts has entered into an agreement with Valve. Under the agreement, new EA games will also be released on Steam, starting with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Along with them, the platform will also receive several already released titles and an EA Access subscription.

Bart Swiatek, 08 October 2019, 15:43

IGN conducted an analysis which shows that Steam's 30% revenue share does not differ from the industry standards. Only a few other distributors apply different rules - including, of course, Epic Games Store, which often accuses Valve of engaging in shameful practices.

Bart Swiatek, 03 October 2019, 13:20

J. Allen Brack, president of Blizzard Entertainment, reaffirmed that his company does not intend to abandon the PC market. PC remains a key platform for the developer.

Barth Faryna, 23 September 2019, 16:00

Valve does not agree with the decision of the Paris Supreme Court that Steam users residing in the European Union are fully entitled to resell the titles purchased through the platform. There's gonna be an appeal.

Paul Wozniak, 19 September 2019, 20:57

According to the judgment of the French court, which invokes European Union directives, resale of games from Steam is perfectly legal. Valve has a month to change the rules and inform users about it.

Agnes Adamus, 16 September 2019, 22:48

Borderlands 3 had a very good start. The boxed edition of the game was the biggest sales hit of the year in Great Britain. Despite its success, the result achieved by the latest installment of the popular looter-shooter series is only half as good as in the case of its predecessor. The same applies to Gears 5.

Christian Pieniazek, 10 September 2019, 23:19

Independent titles are selling worse and worse on PC and are getting cheaper, which makes them earn less and less. This is what Mike Rose, No More Robots' CEO, said in his analysis. He sees a chance for improvement in this situation in the „right” pricing of games, among other things.

Adrian Werner, 03 September 2019, 15:21

Uplay Plus, answer to the competing Origin Access Premier or Xbox Game Pass, was launched on the market. The subscription fee includes access to the full range of games offered by Ubisoft.

Conrad Hazi, 30 August 2019, 16:04

This is what everyone expected - AMD outperformed Nvidia in terms of GPU sales in the second quarter of 2019. The data provided by Jon Peddie Research analysts includes all desktop GPUs.

Jacob Blazewicz, 28 August 2019, 23:16

Chris Early from Ubisoft commented on his company publishing PC versions of games on Epic Games Store rather than Steam. This is the decision of the publisher, who has had enough of the „unrealistic” business model used by Valve.

Conrad Hazi, 14 August 2019, 23:20

The dispute between developers and G2A is raging on and it does not look like anything is going to change in the near future. The tool proposed by the platform to block keys not intended for sale did not arouse much interest among the devs and caused further controversies.

Conrad Hazi, 01 August 2019, 14:19

During a discussion on AMD's financial report for the second quarter of this year, Lisa Su admitted that her company still has a few new products in store and we can expect more powerful Radeon cards based on Navi architecture and new mobile processors.

Frozen, 26 June 2019, 23:09

Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, explained on Twitter why the strategy of mass buying of exclusive titles, though unpopular, is beneficial to gamers.

Conrad Hazi, 29 May 2019, 19:35

After the official presentation of the new Ryzen 3000 series processors and Navi graphics cards, AMD shares on NASDAQ went up a lot. Analysts and investors believe that the new designs can enable the manufacturer to increase its market share and compete more effectively with Intel.

Bart Swiatek, 29 May 2019, 18:28

In an interview for Game Informer, CEO of Blizzard Entertainment confirmed that his company creates mainly PC games. The studio does not intend to give up PCs, although it recognizes the importance of the mobile market.

Michael Kulakowski, 05 May 2019, 23:27

According to a report by Niko Partners, the number of active PC players will continue to grow in China in the coming years. At the moment, 312 million people are playing on personal computers in the Middle Kingdom, bringing the industry more than $15 billion in revenue annually. Most of this money comes from online multiplayer games.

Michael Kulakowski, 05 May 2019, 23:19

It turns out that not all PC developers are interested in a profitable exclusivity agreement with Epic Games Store. Some people reject the giant's proposal because they are afraid of losing their image and access to a wider audience.

Jacob Blazewicz, 03 May 2019, 19:51

Ubisoft and Genba Digital are working on a new digital distribution system for video games. The solution known as Silent Key Activation will eliminate the need to send activation codes to vendors, thus preventing unauthorized trading of keys.

Bart Swiatek, 29 April 2019, 16:13

Jon Peddie Research analysts argue that by 2022, up to 20 million PC gamers may choose to abandon their platform in favor of a console or a streaming service.

Bart Swiatek, 25 April 2019, 16:18

Tim Sweeney – CEO of Epic Games – wrote on Twitter that his company is ready to give up acquiring exclusive titles, assuming Steam gives up 88% of sales revenue to the devs. The only condition being, that the solution would have to be implemented "without strings attached".

Agnes Adamus, 09 April 2019, 00:41

Since its debut, the Epic Games Store has been making a lot of waves. Buying exclusive titles has caused many releases to miss Steam. A dispute arose between supporters and opponents of this practice, fueled by Richard Geldreich, a former Valve employee,

Christian Pieniazek, 05 April 2019, 11:50

When we think of Steam sales, both developers and publishers must take Valve's 30% revenue share into account. As it turns out, though, in fact, Gabe Newell's company gets, on average, only as much as 20% of a sold game copy's price.

Frozen, 29 March 2019, 23:54

David Stelzer and Sergey Galyonkin took part in a Q&A session organized by GamesIndustry.biz during PAX East 2019 and answered some questions related to Epic Games Store. As you may expect, the main topic was exclusive titles.

Bart Swiatek, 26 March 2019, 17:19

In a recent interview for Ars Technica, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney shared his thoughts on the PC video game market. He believes that Epic Games Store may help reduce prices.

Adrian Werner, 22 March 2019, 23:29

Epic Games studio CEO revealed the costs of digital distribution. His calculations show that a 12% margin is enough to make big money, and the industry standard 30% is exaggerated.

Bart Swiatek, 12 March 2019, 15:06

According to a report by Digitimes, Q2 2019 will not see any improvement in terms of Intel CPU availability. Supply problems may affect not only the popular i5 series but also i3 models.

ElMundo, 11 March 2019, 10:00

Jon Peddie Research analytics has summarized Q4 2018 on the so-called discrete GPU market, external GPU installed in PCs and laptops. AMD has had a weaker period, during which the company lost much of its share in the market.

Frozen, 06 March 2019, 22:12

The dark mode in Facebook Messenger can now be enabled all over the world. The new function will be hidden for the next few weeks. To enable it now, you'll need to do one unusual thing.

Jacob Blazewicz, 19 February 2019, 01:18

The independent developer Weather Factory boasted pushing 100,000 copies of Cultist Simulator. What's interesting, the devs have revealed the sales data for all major digital stores, providing a clear picture of the market.

Bart Swiatek, 05 February 2019, 15:34

According to Mitch Steves, an RBC analyst, Nvidia may have underestimated the influence of the cryptocurrency mining craze on GPU sales.

ElMundo, 21 January 2019, 19:07

In the face of Intel's problems and the uncertain commercial situation due to the conflict between the USA and China, the high-tech industry has recently experienced a number of turbulences.

Bart Swiatek, 16 January 2019, 00:17

Sergey Galyonkin, the director responsible for preparing the Epic Games Store's publishing strategy, presented a lot of information about the backstage of the platform.

Bart Swiatek, 14 January 2019, 12:21

Steam host more than 30 thousand video games at this point. The fact that most of them came out in the last 2 years is, however, symptomatic.

ElMundo, 04 January 2019, 13:52

After years of rising prices, everything indicates that things are coming back to normal – we can expect further reductions in RAM modules this year.

Bart Swiatek, 27 December 2018, 14:08

It looks like Nvidia and other big hardware manufacturers have some economical problems. Is there another hardware crisis ahead of us?

Michael Kulakowski, 03 December 2018, 13:16

Valve changes publishing policy on Steam. After exceeding a certain level of revenue generated by the sale of the game and its DLC, the company will reduce its share.

Adrian Werner, 20 April 2015, 13:12

Nvidia's advantage over AMD in the graphics card market is no secret. Recent data show that the distance between the rivals has grown substantially, and in the last quarter of 2014, Nvidia sold three times as many cards as their competitor.