pc gaming market and e sports industry

PC Gaming Market & eSports Industry- The only BIG thing in the PC industry now

Prepared by Kevin HuangOct 30, 2015

“Games are art”is action, not belief.

Worldwide PC Shipments Decline Again in Q3 2015

Source: Gartner (October 2015)

Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Research (JPR), notes that “NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD have enthusiast CPUs and GPUs that are so powerful, when combined with SSD’s and fast memory they absolutely trounce the computing power and gaming capabilities of the newest console generation.”

“Being able to drive 3840 × 2160 (4K) at acceptable frame rates is already a reality for the highest end configurations and the mass market is now able to push 2560 × 1440. PC Gamers with good displays are able to enjoy millions and millions of pixels more than console gamers get on HDTVs. This translates into being able to see more and a better gaming experience.”

Intel Said

NVIDIA Said

PC – The Most Important Gaming Platform

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"is considered the gold standard in PC gaming and many prefer even faster speeds, at least twice that number if VR is involved. “ -Jon Peddie, President of JPR

Gaming In 4K: The Future Is Now

Gaming Hardware Market to Grow to $30B by 2018

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PC Gaming Market Landscape in 2017 by Segment

Gaming Hardware Market to Grow to $30B by 2018(continued)

(numbers in millions)

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The PC Industry Is Betting Big on Gamers

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“That will be comforting to Acer, Asus, and Lenovo in the near term, but eventually they'll all need to make the transition to having mobile PC lineups at least as strong as their desktop and laptop ranges — either that or they too might be swallowed up by the same profit black hole that already consumed Sony's PC division.”

Core Gamers are Expected to Drive Record Growth for PC Games

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“The recipe that keeps PC gaming on top is simple: the platform is accessible to all markets, and especially so with the free-to-play and freemium content; the hardware continues to evolve with gamers’ lifestyles, offering more choice and freedom; and, due to the ubiquity of PC’s globally, it’s easier to share, communicate and be more sociable with friends and family. These same factors, in part, also help explain the meteoric rise of eSports.”

“Much of the growth is driven by pure demographics. We continue to identify a core group of consumers for whom playing on the PC is a major pastime,” said DFC analyst David Cole. “This is, in fact, a fairly new demographic that skews highly male and is only increasing in buying power.”

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“, which has become

the only way to play some of the best-looking and most popular games in the industry and to enjoy some of the most cutting-edge features online gaming has to offer. And later this year, that will also be the only way to play high-quality virtual reality games, offering players the opportunity to strap on a headset and transport themselves to all manner of imaginary worlds.”There's another thing going the PC's way: A trend called -- competitive gaming between highly trained professional gamers -- has become an international phenomenon grabbing the attention of tens of millions of people. The top competitive games are available only on a PC: Riot's League of Legends and Valve's Dota 2.

Playing Games on the PC Is Making a Comeback

How eSports Are Saving the PC Industry

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PC gaming has been hounded by an ominous narrative for almost as long as it's existed: it's dying, soon to be replaced by smaller, more convenient, more consumer-oriented gaming devices, or even phones. Recently, this idea has completely gone out the window:

“A handful of games are driving this enormous resurgence: Defense of the Ancients 2 (1,262,612 daily players), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (819,902 players), and of course, the massive League of Legends which boasts an astounding 27 million daily players. Most of these games are MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) style games. MOBAs are fast-paced, competitive, team-based action games that follow different (mostly free) business models and content delivery mechanisms. That free-to-play, pay for extras model keeps people hooked.”

Resistance Is Futile: eSports Is Massive ... and Growing

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SO HOW BIG is this gaming thing? Let's start with this: , according to market

research firm Newzoo -- meaning that if the eSports nation were actually a nation, it would be the fifth largest in the world. (They're coming for you next, Indonesia!) And while eSports have long been biggest in Asia, especially gaming-mad Korea, North America and Europe now claim 28 million eSports fans and the number is growing by 21 percent a year.

TWITCH, a video-streaming site that boasts 55 million users, is arguably the most important contributor to eSports' recent growth. Offering streams of games and tourneys and access to gaming's stars, it's also where the next generation of would-be gamers post their own streams. And apparently someone's watching.

THE GAMER STEREOTYPE? Young, single, male ... and living in some sort of basement. In actuality, according to Newzoo, more than half of American eSports fans are employed full time, 44 percent are parents and, perhaps most surprising, 38 percent are women (another study puts it at 44 percent). One part of the stereotype does ring true, though: eSports fans do tend to be young. Just 28 percent are over 35-which, of course, is a selling point to advertisers looking to reach the next generation of consumers.

PEOPLE WATCH this thing? Well, in a word, yes. When Major League Gaming launched in the early 2000s, its tournaments played out in hotel ballrooms before ... dozens of fans. Today, eSports' biggest tournaments rival practically any sporting event. The League of Legends Championship sold out Staples Center in 2013, then sold out the 40,000-seat World Cup Stadium in Seoul a year later while drawing an online audience of 27 million -- more than the TV viewership for the final round of the Masters.

PRESENTED WITHOUT comment: as an overall category, gaming has more YouTube followers than news, movies and education combined.

MAMAS, DO let your babies grow up to be eGamers. These five, all members of team Newbee, totaled $5.03M for winning the 2014 Dota 2 title. The prize pool has increased by more than 580 percent since 2012.

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Top 20 Core PC Games I Sept 2015Based on number of unique game sessions in North America and Europe*

Who Is the Core PC/MMO Gamer?

eSports Revenues to Hit $465M in 2017Newzoo expects market to more than double, compares audience size to NFLThe eSports market, already worth $194 million per year, is set to more than double in size by 2017 according to a "conservative scenario" from research firm Newzoo, which pins a predicted value of $465 million on the sector within two years.

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A Map of the eSports Market

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eSports Expand Into the Mainstream, andSponsorship Dollars Follow

The Coca-Cola Co. in 2014 is titling the Coke Zero Challenger Series, a new development series for the League of Legends Championship Series. The partnership supports the brand’s tie-in with video games and related platforms.

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Corporate Interest in eSports Is Largely Drivenby Three FactorsAccess to a hard-to-reach demographic. Competitive gaming provides access to young adult males, a demographic that does not traditionally watch TV.Sixty-nine percent of PC/MMO gamers are men, with 21 percent between 26 and 30 years of age, according to Newzoo, a market research and consulting firm that specializes in the gaming community.A large participant base. The size of the electronic sports community is staggering. Case in point: 32 million people play League of Legends each month.Global reach. Electronic sports tournaments can provide sponsors global reach through live video streams of both online and off-line tournaments.Most tournaments stream competitions through their own web sites or Twitch.TV, a streaming platform dedicated to the gaming market. And viewership of live games is growing: The Electronic Sports League recorded 81.3 million view sessions on Twitch in 2013, up from 5.4 million in 2009.Electronic sports properties also can provide reach through social media. World of Warcraft has 5.3 million Facebook likes, League of Legends has 4.1 million likes while Dota 2 has 1.4 million likes.

Future of Gaming: 5 Exciting Emerging Trends

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1. Immersive Gaming: The Return of Virtual Reality (VR)

2. Secondary Screens for Gaming

3. Open-Source Gaming

4. Augmented Reality (AR)

Eventually we may even have a gaming session with wearable UI like Google Glass where you don’t even need to hold up a console or device, and playing a game almost feels like you’re on the ground in the gaming realm.

5. Cloud Gaming

With Cloud Gaming, we need not wait forever to get updates to high-quality games. It’s all in the cloud and all we have to do is connect to it with a stable Internet connection and play to our heart’s content. Games will also be cheaper and more easily accessible via computers and even tablets. How much longer need we wait for this? In August 2012, Sony has purchased Gaikai the world’s largest and most widespread cloud gaming service for $380 million and is incorporated it into PlayStation 4.

Appendix

At the Oculus Connect developer summit in Los Angeles, Oculus VP of product Nate Mitchell gave attendees a number of product updates. Most notable was the “Oculus Ready” program, which will help PC manufacturers denote which models will be able to deliver a satisfying VR experience when used with the Rift headset. Asus, Dell, and Alienware will all be releasing Oculus Ready configurations at what Mitchell termed “varying price points”—but notably, all three will have rigs for less than $1,000, and all three will have options as bundling options for Rift purchasers when the headset becomes available in the first quarter of 2016.

'Oculus Ready' PC Program Offers VR-ready Rigs for Less Than $1,000

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Acer to Attack Gaming Market with Predator Line of PC Products

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HP – Let the Games BeginHP Returning to PC Gaming Hardware Market with Omen

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HP dropped out of the gaming market years ago, but their new notebook marks a shift in the companies goals.The Omen is a 15.6″ laptop with an Intel Core i7 CPU, GeForce 860M graphics, 8GB of RAM, a 128GB SDD and a 1920 x 1080 display. Nothing overly fancy or innovative there, but it’s certainly going to pack enough performance punch to run high-end PC games.It’s milled from a solid piece of aluminum, with tapered edges and a speaker grill down each side. The keyboard features red LED backlighting and six programmable function keys. The whole unit is just 20mm thick and weighs 4.68 pounds (2.1kg).

The Omen will be available from the 4th of November online and in retail stores a few weeks afterwards. Prices are expected to be $1,499 for the base model. It certainly looks gorgeous, but we’ll wait and see how it performs in benchmarks.

Lenovo Eyes Up PC Gaming Market with New Y Series

Crafted for the growing population of working gamers who now demand a powerful and stylish machine that can move with them through their life from day to play. The family of new Y series devices and accessories have been built to serve mature gamers in their professional and social life, says Lenovo.

The Alienware Steam Machine Was Born Out of a Desire to Evolve the Gaming Ecosystem

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Steam Reportedly Raked in $1.5bn in Revenue in 2014

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According to market data firm SuperData, they recently released numbers to The Know in which it was revealed that in 2014 alone, Valve managed to pull in about $1.5 billion in revenue from Steam. SuperData revealed that about $400 million alone was brought in by Valve’s own games such as DotA 2, Team Fortress 2, and Counter-Strike Global Offensive.Also given that Steam, just like most app stores, takes a 30% cut from sales of other games by other developers, it has been estimated that these royalties are around the $330 million mark. It’s interesting that despite the fact that games like DotA 2 are free, they still manage to pull in quite a bit of money, largely thanks to its in-game purchases for vanity items.Of course at the moment the king of MOBAs is still Riot Games’ League of Legends, which last we heard raked in a very cool $1 billion in 2014 alone, which is two-thirds of what Valve made on Steam overall.

Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA)Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Amazon Enters PC Gaming Market, Seeks Game Developers

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Downloadable Titles Make Up 92% of PC Games Market

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Up from 48 percent of the market in 2010, thanks in large part to free-to-play.A full 92 percent of PC game sales in 2013 came from digital downloads, as DFC Intelligence recently told British tech site PCR…….. it lines up with other numbers reported throughout the industry. Last year (2013), Payday 2 publisher Starbreeze announced that 80 percent of its 1.58 million first-month sales came from downloads, for instance. And let's not forget the scores of PC games that are totally ignoring retail sales for 100 percent downloadable releases these days, from Dota 2 to Day Z.Download-dominated PC gaming is a newer phenomenon than some gamers might realize. As recently as 2010, analyst firm NPD was estimating that downloads made up only 48 percent of all PC game sales.One possible reason for the sharp increase over the last four years is money brought in from newly ascendant free-to-play and microtransaction-driven PC games. In April, a DFC report on the PC games market found that free-to-play games, especially MOBAs like League of Legends and Dota 2, were driving heavy increases in overall PC game spending, pushing it above overall console game spending for the first time in recent memory.The market for game downloads looks very different in the console space, where analyst firm EEDAR estimates that downloads make up less than 20 percent of game sales (though the group sees that proportion growing to 50 percent by 2018). Last month, EA revealed that "full game downloads" make up only 10 to 15 percent of its console game business.Despite the download's victory on PC, few gamers seem to have given up disc-based games entirely across the industry. An NPD survey earlier this year found that only 16 percent of US gamers played downloadable games exclusively across consoles, PC, and mobile.

“The future of gaming isn’t mobile any more than the future of gaming is console or PC: the future of gaming is gaming. Devices that are getting increasingly good at talking to each other and developer tools that work across different platforms are only going to further unify what currently feel like disparate markets, and the games will follow. The companies that truly reap the benefits from that shift are going to be the ones that use their skill and knowledge of game design to figure out new experiences that gamers want, regardless of the platform — look at Minecraft, which is neither a mobile game nor a console game nor a PC game: it’s all three.”

Mobile Isn't the Future of Gaming(And Consoles Aren't Either)

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