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SvennoJ on 11 September 2016
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Conina said:
ICStats said:

There's a breakdown above, of the PC Gamer market:

Enthusiast 16.4 Million (3%)
Performance 60 Million (11%)
Mainstream 481 Million (86%)

You might be among the 3% or 11% in terms of how up to date you like to be with the latest GPUs.

Just for clarification... these are the definitions of Jon Peddie Research:

"In our analysis we use Enthusiast AIB’s as the cornerstone but also account for Enthusiast systems as a pricing segment with averages of $2,199 for desktops and $1,977 for notebooks. The minimum ASP to be included in the Enthusiast class is $1800 and this includes a display factor adjusted for gaming motivation and purchasing frequency."

"In our analysis we use Performance AIB’s as the cornerstone but also account for Performance systems as a pricing segment with averages of $1,551 for desktops and $1,348 for notebooks. The minimum ASP to be included in the Performance class is $1000 and this includes a display factor adjusted for gaming motivation and purchasing frequency."

So 76 million gaming PCs with a minimum price of $1000 / average price of over $1500 (display included)... not too shabby.

http://jonpeddie.com/publications/pc_gaming_hardware_market_report

76 million gaming PCs, yet that doesn't seem to help game developers much.

Only 30% PC sales on a PC centric title
https://gamerant.com/the-witcher-3-sales-pc-consoles-125/

Ubisoft, overall PC revenue 14%
http://www.statista.com/statistics/269679/breakdown-of-ubisoft-sales-by-platform/

And just digital only, console gamers still outspend PC gamers 2.5 to 1
http://www.statista.com/statistics/217476/digital-revenue-of-ea-since-2nd-quarter-2011-by-platform/

There might be a lot of PCs out there capable of gaming, the money is in console games.