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'In 10 years of tracking retail CPU sales, I have never seen such a steep decline,' says one tech channel after staring at the grim figures
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/in-10-years-of-tracking-retail-cpu-sales-i-have-never-seen-such-a-steep-decline-says-one-tech-channel-after-staring-at-the-grim-figures/
Anyone who does a lot of data analysis will know that the longer you collect data for, the easier it becomes to spot trends. Sometimes, though, a pattern is so stark that you don't need to be a data expert to spot it, and in the case of German retailer Mindfactory, its CPU sales figures tell you everything you need to know about PCs right now.

The numbers I'm about to show you come courtesy of YouTube channel TechEpiphany, via its X account, where it routinely collates and posts weekly sales numbers for CPUs, GPUs, and motherboards. The data mostly refers to Mindfactory, but TechEpiphany does similar tracking for Amazon and others.
>> It's about CPU sales, that have fallen off a cliff.

AAA Dominance Is Eroding: 56% of PC Gaming Revenue Now Goes to Games Outside the Top 20
https://wccftech.com/aaa-dominance-eroding-pc-gaming-revenue-top-20/
A new report published today by market analyst firm Newzoo suggests a structural shift in the PC and console gaming market: while the biggest AAA titles still dominate, a growing share of both playtime and revenue is flowing to games ranked outside the Top 20, with the trend most pronounced on the PC platform.

The headline figure is striking. In Western markets (US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain), titles ranked 21st and below accounted for 56% of total PC gaming revenue in 2025, up from 48% in 2022. That means the majority of money spent on PC games now goes to titles outside the top tier — a meaningful inversion compared to just three years ago. Console platforms are moving in the same direction, but more slowly: titles outside the Top 20 represented 38% of PlayStation revenue and 35% of Xbox revenue in 2025.

And with that, we have the Steam Best Releases of March 2026:

https://store.steampowered.com/charts/topnewreleases/march_2026