PC Gaming Hardware, Accessories Spending Up 62% in 2020: NPD
Stay-at-home orders sent U.S. consumer spending on PC gaming hardware and accessories skyrocketing 62% last year over 2019 to $4.5 billion, more than double the total 2017 sales, reported NPD Tuesday. PC gaming accessories revenue growth exceeded that of PC…
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gaming hardware, 81% to 57%, it said. “Consumers looked for ways to stay entertained while spending more time at home,” said Stephen Baker, vice president-industry analysis. NPD forecasts 3% revenue growth for PC gaming hardware and accessories in 2021 to follow the “historic” 2020, he said. “We do not expect ongoing incremental dollar increases, but rather a plateauing of demand at these new elevated levels.”