High-end systems drive gaming PC growth as Arm chips edge into market

Jon Peddie Research says gaming PC sales are "surging", but most of the action is concentrated at the high end. The firm notes that while game software sales drift through a lukewarm cycle, spending on gaming PCs—both system-integrated rigs and DIY builds—along with upgrades and peripherals, continues to surge.

JPR estimates the Arm-based gaming PC market will grow from just over $400 million in 2024 to around $1,500 million in 2028. Set against recent estimates that place the overall gaming PC hardware market between $40 billion and $60 billion, that $1.5 billion would represent only a few percentage points of the total.

There are numerous PC laptops currently available offering Qualcomm's Snapdragon X chips, but it is a stretch to describe any of them as "gaming" laptops.

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