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PC shipments showed record decline in Q4 2015
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paperspace
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I gotta ask - what was the agenda? I haven't noticed this guy before
A quick glance at the post history will tell you all you need to know.
I missed this
Clearly viHuGi has been promoted to be the avatar of the playstation nation. Shitting on him, is by extension shitting on the PS4.
Gipsy Danger
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This should really be in OT. Prebuilt PCs are in decline, gaming PCs are on the rise.
The Last One
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Well, nobody's talking about Xbox because that's going to be fully on board the Windows 10 train soon enough.
If a platform is measured by the number of its fanboys, BloodBorne is already a platform bigger than PC.
michaelius
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Apple is the only one showing growth with macs lol.
It must be windows 10 effect
People who not wanted to surrender their privacy started to look for non windows alternative.
TBiddy
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Noone owns an Xbox. That's why!
LabouredSubterfuge
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Certainly my main takeaway from this is that PS4 is a beast.
Other things on the rise: Gaming related concurrent user counts, active users, revenue, number of releases, level of developer support, number of exclusives etc. Pretty much every metric related to gaming is rising in regards to PC. But Fortune 500 companies don't upgrade their office hardware enough these days, better alert the press.
johnnydrama
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With these declining sales, PC should go third party.
Indeed.
That's why progressively fewer games get ported to PC every year and the number of PC exclusives released every year keeps shrinking.
kraspkibble
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Nah, let it stay on PS4. I only want more good games on PC. That game is incredibly overrated and what has it got to do with anything?
You clearly have not understood the point of this thread.
PC gaming = decline.
Your tibit of information would go against that.
I have no idea how he is still around.
Atraveller
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Or just release PC 2 to revive the market.
Nobody is talking about Nintendo
Because even fewer own a Wii U.
ScreamingTrees
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I know, Bethesda probably never should have bothered with their Skyrim or Fallout releases on PC - waste of money. And Blizzard, I hear their PC versions of Diablo and Starcraft probably just lose them money.
Intel tried to do that and failed miserably.
Is this viHuGi guy basically Ninjablade?
Ha this one got me
Nooo what have you done?!
Ha this one got me
Nooo what have you done?!
I agree
RealityCheque
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Does this mean laptops or just pre-built desktops?
Because if its the latter, then it makes sense. As there's no sane reason, outside of business buying in bulk, to own one.
Because if its the latter, then it makes sense. As there's no sane reason, outside of business buying in bulk, to own one.
Vigilant Walrus
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IDC covers around 80 countries, so they miss a lot of the PC sales in other emerging markets. It's going to be interesting because the IT industry (in the US alone) is expected to increase by 20% throughout and by 2020. With the exponential rate in people, there are also going to be a lot more people buying computers because we will more people.
According to the UN, human population levels are supposed to tap out at 11 or 12 billion by 2050. Right now we're on our way towards 8 billion people, so a lot more computer consumers. Many of them will be owners of computers that are low power and affordable. Think EEE pc type products.
2016 also makes the beginning of a soft recovery. Volumes were low in 2015 on laptops due to the lack of broadwell chips, which meant we were stuck with haswell quads uptil the just released skylakes.
The Apple line is expected to be outdated with skylake very soon.
On PC I think a lot of it is simply trying to fight over the damage with Windows 8, but at least the adoption rate has been fantastic. Which is good. Windows 10 is really awesome!
yongeandcollege
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Mobile / tablets hurting PCs too. No computational device is safe from the behemoth.
I'm primarily a PC gamer but I still loved Bloodborne. I'm just amused at its fanboys.
Not tablets, tablet sales are plummeting to a surprising degree.
It's like rubbing the gaf equivalent of mare-in-heat moose bait all over his body. Thankfully no one has fucked with Nintendo fans yet. Never fuck with Nintendo fans.
Interfectum
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Unless you are some crazy tech head there's literally no reason to upgrade a tablet until your current one breaks. Unfortunately for Apple their iPads hold up extremely well.
It's really not. Especially not in a thread that was (I guess?) about hardware sales. But off topic (like there really is a topic) no, it's not just about software sales.
40% of EA's revenue consisted of "extra content", which is not software sales. Dota does not generate software sales, neither does LoL. See where I'm going with this?
texhnolyze
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Nobody is talking about Nintendo
This is the perfect opportunity for the Nintendo NX to sweep up all these PC gamers who refuse to switch to PS4.
I hope Nintendo is paying attention.
yongeandcollege
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Well, I guess I include hybrid devices as tablets in my comment.
There's like 10 of us, keeping our Steam open in the background.
Randomizer123454444
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As linked by Xis earlier, PC gaming is still growing:
http://www.computerworld.com/articl...and-laptops-thrive-in-slumping-pc-market.html
It's the non-gamers who are bying less. This news of decline does not affect PC gamers.
ersocaster
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Building your own PC has become ridiculously easy. It makes sense that sales would decline. It is not easy to build your own Mac, hence the increase. Also, other than gaming PCs, a computer today has massive longevity.
Primethius
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Decline seems in line with the rise of tablets. Wonder how the overall PC market looks with tablets and whatnot on the rise.
And holy shit, OP got jumped on for what is essentially copy pasting an article. Like for reals, leave some of that backseat moderation to the actual mods instead of shitting up the thread with it.
And holy shit, OP got jumped on for what is essentially copy pasting an article. Like for reals, leave some of that backseat moderation to the actual mods instead of shitting up the thread with it.
Tablets are definitely not on the rise though, they're going down worse than OEM PCs in terms of sales decline.
People also have issues because this is not relevant to gaming at all.
Majukun
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well,a gamer nowdays is gonna build a pc by himself by buying the components separately,while the "casual" customers are gonna go for a tablet,which offers pretty much the same functionalities but it's less pricey,more hip and has a touchscreen
they should try to stop selling overpriced junk is what i'm saying
they should try to stop selling overpriced junk is what i'm saying
Your link is really really vague.
Primethius
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Oh really? I assumed that tablets were the cause of the decline due to the article. I wonder what the cause is then.
And it might not be relevant to gaming or it might be, as I said, leave it to the mods to decide. This one doesn't really seem like a clear cut case to me. It's not as if pre-built PCs aren't used for gaming. But technically, yes, the article isn't gaming related.
Atraveller
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I don't think there was ever a non-overpriced pre-built PC, the seemingly well-priced ones cut corners in component quality, usually coming from small brands or has no visible brand. Building one yourself is still the best choice.
Randomizer123454444
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I agree, but the original article that spawned this discussion is even less detailed when it comes to gaming.
edit: here is an alternative article:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/pc-gaming-expected-to-drive-pc-sales/
Well duh, it is cheaper and betrer to buy The parts and build one.
cheaper for the individual parts maybe, not cheaper when you factor in a degree in electrical engineering
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