PC sales suffer record fall

Diddums said:
Hard to gauge really, especially when you've got the likes of Balti's and PC Planet selling an AMD triple core with a GT 740 as "the ultimate gaming experience".
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I remember reading last year the numbers for high end systems was increasing despite the decreasing overall sales, which generally includes a lot of low and mid range junk barely suitable for an office.
 
I upgraded last year as someone bought my 6 year old i7 rig and it is still being used regularly. Given the money spent I expect to get at least 5-6 years of use before considering an upgrade but I can understand why it must be extremely difficult for PC manufacturers with buying cycles up the spout given the large gaps between worthwhile Windows releases (W2000 - XP - W7 - ?) which tend to drive sales.

In the office we are running HP DC5800's which are 8 years old, all on 8gb ram and about to have an SSD upgrade in the next few weeks. Aside from a hardware failure, I don't expect to have to replace these HP's until W7 support ceases or definitely 3 more years, particularly as we just rolled out Office 2016 and the machines run perfectly... why upgrade?

I remember the days where business upgrade cycles were every 3 years but in my experience this is at least double or tripled.
 
Strikes me as odd how my setup is still running everything I want fine. Upgrading CPU/GPU just doesn't seem worth it at 1080p.

I'd like a new monitor but can't justify the cost - I do a lot of gaming on Steam Link now, plus my NEC is the best monitor I've ever had, don't want to let it go!
 
robgmun said:
Here's a question, is it possible that more and more people are building there own PC from scratch as PC gaming becomes more popular? Does this count towards PC sales?
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In my opinion it's because everyone has a tablet and smart phone and even a 10yr old core 2 duo can run w7 fine for 99% of people, stick in a £30 128gb ssd and that core 2 and it's good for another 10 years
 
My desktop is essentially a 'download' box now. Other than an SSD I haven't updated it since 2008 other than the OS which is running W10 now. It's a C2D, 4Gb and flies along for what I use it for.

I feel like a got a good time line for PC gaming from 1998 to 2008. I'm a filthy PS4 casual now.
 
Thinking about selling my pc myself.
Think I'm just growing out of lone gaming literally has been sitting six months with zero use
 
Lack of innovation in the games market is my opinion, no one is pushing the boundaries with graphics these days unlike back in the 8800 era with the likes of Crysis.

I do think this will change in the next year though as VR takes off and people start to see just how important it is. Check out Jimmy Fallon's reaction to the HTC Vive last night. fast forward to 3:00.

http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show...immy-paint-the-moon-with-a-vr-headset/2967532
 
Until I see a 'killer app' I'm finding it hard to get excited about VR. I'm sure it will be massive at some point but will remain skeptical until I see something that catches my interest.
 
I want to try the VR before i buy it and i am finding it difficult to find some where to try it locally. I am not spending £600 on something that ive never tried before. At least i already have a pc that will work with VR. A lot of people don't unless they use sony VR which works with the playstation.

If its as good as i think it is going to be the pc component and high end desktop pc market will only increase as a result.
 
You don't need a PC to play Supercell's games, which is what most of the population, including myself, appear to enjoy nowadays.

That companies gonna be ginormous one day.
 
Diddums said:
My old 2500k / 290 / 8gb combo still plays everything I want at settings I find acceptable. Stagnation in the hardware industry is the cause of this, remember when the 8800gt was launched? That's the kind of stuff we need again.
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Sister is playing on my old pc that has a 8800GT in it ha.
It says overall pc sales are down but what are component sales like? I just wonder how many people are just buying parts and not buying prebuilt, as that is what is down overall isn't it?
 
upgraded last year to an i7, win8.1 and i will be using it for years to come, only changing the graphics card every couple of years.

sure i would like a faster cpu for playing around (3d software etc) but will only upgrade when i can get something 3 or 4 times as fast at a minimum.
 
I remember a time when buying a new PC meant a performance leap. Opening every app was a pleasure for months afterwards.

The last couple of PCs (last 6-7 years), have made negligible discernible difference to my user experience, despite the fact it's possible to spend much more on PC today, than you could 10 years ago.

If I were to spend money on PC hardware now, I'd buy a new monitor. The rest is a bit of a waste of money imo.
 
You don't generally buy prebuilt gaming desktops, well off-the-shelf anyway which these decline of sales are mostly due to. It does not have any effect on hardware sales, which is on the up due to the anemic hardware found in current-gen consoles.
 
PC game evolution slowed massively 5+ years ago so no real surprise sales have slowed especially since PC hardware prices remain mental..
 
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