Global Gaming Sales Trends Mirror Stateside Ones

 Unsurprisingly, stay-at-home digital device sales across the world grew in 2020 as a result of the pandemic. The global community as a whole spent more time inside and consistently sought ways to entertain itself from home. The pandemic provided the ideal conditions for a global gaming sales boom, as people sought to disconnect from their immediate reality and socialize with friends online. Data from a study conducted by Growth from Knowledge (GfK), a market research firm specializing in data collection for the consumer electronics field, shows that the rise in sales of gaming-related hardware consistently outdid the elevated performances of non-gaming hardware across the globe. 

GfK’s new in-depth report shows figures from the international gaming industry not including the United States, but it parallels sales trends stateside as well. Both US and global sales of gaming hardware and accessories have grown at exorbitant rates as a result of the pandemic.  Data for the United States reported by NPD Group found that PC gaming hardware and accessories saw a 69 percent increase in 2020 compared to pre-pandemic sales levels. PC gaming accessory sales in the United States increased by 81 percent while PC gaming hardware itself grew by 57 percent. PC gaming hardware consists of monitors and notebooks while accessories are made up of headsets, mice, and keyboards.  

GfK’s research, conducted in over 70 countries across the globe, not including the United States, is a reflection of point-of-sale aggregate data. Specifically, the report is focused on the year-to-year sales growth of gaming hardware compared with that of similar hardware not designed with gaming in mind. Boasting at least a 25 percent growth of retail unit sales across the six major hardware categories, gaming hardware–PCs, monitors, mice, and keyboards with specs and features optimized for gameplay–vastly outperformed non-gaming hardware across the board. 

“Even before the pandemic, sales of gaming units were posting strong gains,“ said Josh Wanderman, GfK´s Vice President of Global Market Insights in the press release. “With online games becoming more advanced and the rising popularity of Esports and gaming generally, these devices became the go-to choices when homebound consumers saw a need to upgrade their equipment.“

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