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Are desktop computers on their way out?

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That's what multiple Google results estimated, no idea if that's accurate but it wouldn't surprise me.
Statista.com puts the user count at 156 million by 2029, and that includes laptop users.

If it was one in five it would equate to 50k Swansea residents regularly whacking out a few levels of Doom. Google has that one wrong.
 
Statista.com puts the user count at 156 million by 2029, and that includes laptop users.

If it was one in five it would equate to 50k Swansea residents regularly whacking out a few levels of Doom. Google has that one wrong.
There must be more than that in China, its mahoosive out there, shirley.🤔
 
There must be more than that in China, its mahoosive out there, shirley.🤔
I’m sure it is, but even if you remove the majority of 400 million who live in the sticks, remove the console users, remove the laptop users, it still wouldn’t be one in five.
 
That's what multiple Google results estimated, no idea if that's accurate but it wouldn't surprise me.
To be fair I cant see much difference in what you have quoted, I've just had a scan and they reckon there could be at least 2 billion of each console and pc gamers. There are obviously variations depending on where you look. Big numbers.
 
Statista.com puts the user count at 156 million by 2029, and that includes laptop users.

If it was one in five it would equate to 50k Swansea residents regularly whacking out a few levels of Doom. Google has that one wrong.
I think you may have read the numbers on Statista.com wrong (that was one of the results I got when I searched it earlier). To be fair, they don't present them very well, but if you scroll down past the bar chart, it confirms below that it's in billions:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/420621/number-of-pc-gamers/
 
I think you may have read the numbers on Statista.com wrong (that was one of the results I got when I searched it earlier). To be fair, they don't present them very well, but if you scroll down past the bar chart, it confirms below that it's in billions:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/420621/number-of-pc-gamers/
A Warcraft III platform had 300 million Chinese and Taiwanese playing at one point, the platform told you how many played it and that was in 2008.. some kids these days don't know what lag and ping were, especially playing someone from China.. now, fiber is so good, it spoils the fun
 
Remember the old Space Invaders game in the pubs? The first ones were built into a table, you had to sit on a stool and look down at the screen, you could literally play the game whilst picking your pint up between levels for a glug! 😍

Bargain 😲

 
I think you may have read the numbers on Statista.com wrong (that was one of the results I got when I searched it earlier). To be fair, they don't present them very well, but if you scroll down past the bar chart, it confirms below that it's in billions:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/420621/number-of-pc-gamers/
I cannot find the link now. Regardless, I still think it’s niche on the basis that I can’t think of any other significant purpose for using desktops. Cloud computing, thin clients, broadband expansion and the need for mobility have killed off most the attributes of desktop computing.
 
I usually use a tablet or phone for browsing, but there are times I use an old iMac when I need to do something a bit more detailed, I really dislike it. For work I have a laptop which I hook up to an extra screen when I work from home, I have a lap top stand and set it at the same height as the main screen and it works well. In my old job I had a 3 screen system, it was like sitting on the bridge of the Star Ship Enterprise and the dogs bs.
 
A Warcraft III platform had 300 million Chinese and Taiwanese playing at one point, the platform told you how many played it and that was in 2008.. some kids these days don't know what lag and ping were, especially playing someone from China.. now, fiber is so good, it spoils the fun
I'm not sure about the lag and ping part Skip, my kids play online games on their consoles, and the lag looks very much the same, as to what it was 15 year ago.

Sure that's something to do with the gaming servers? Not always the individuals connection?
 
I’ve just bought a desktop. The graphics card is nearly the size of a laptop!

It was all laptops at work though, but it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t need to be portable.
 

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