PC sales, including Apple units, have tumbled by 29 percent during the recent quarter-year. Statistics from International Data Corp (IDC) says that the fall-out from the pandemic has lead to a glut in store and supplier inventory. IDC states that global PC shipments were 56.9 million in Q1 this year, down 29 per cent y-o-y […]
Analysts at market research company Omdia say that China expects to take more than 50 per cent share of unit and area shipments in large area displays for the first time. Omdia adds that shipments of large-area display in 2022 decreased by 8 per cent YoY in unit terms and 3 per cent YoY, according […]
A report on the video games sector from investment bank Berenberg says that q-o-q that there has been some improvements in sales and revenues but that the “market remains soft”. “While global video game sales declined slightly y-o-y in Q3 2022, sales grew q-o-q, helping stem the double-digit declines seen earlier in 2022. PC and […]
Games producer Devolver Digital Games, based in Texas, has had a bad week. It issued a profits warning for the year and suffered a 50 per cent crash in its share price. The concerns drove a sell-off across many PC and console video games as it raised concerns over market congestion, softening market demand and […]
PCs for People and InCoax Networks have collaborated and successfully delivered high-speed, multi-gigabit connectivity to an affordable housing complex in Pflugerville, a suburb of Austin, Texas. Stoneridge Apartments is a 256-apartment complex spanning across 13 buildings and to remain attractive to present and future tenants, it needed to ensure digital inclusion to the families eligible […]
Pluto TV, a Paramount company, has announced that its free streaming service is now on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and on PCs with Windows 10 or Windows 11. Users can now access the entire library of channels available directly from Pluto TV app in the UK, GSA, Italy and Latin America. The service will […]
Ampere Analysis data shows that the North America and Europe games content and cloud gaming PC subscription market was worth $3.7 billion (€3.3bn) in 2021, growing 57 per cent from $2.3 billion in 2020. The market, which combines games content subscription services that give access to a catalogue of games and services that offer access […]
Verimatrix, a specialist in powering the modern connected world with people-centred security, has released a commissioned survey conducted by Omdia titled Cheating, hacking, piracy and esports: critical steps needed to protect the industry. The Omdia report indicates that eSports revenue is forecast to rise to $3.1 billion (€2.8bn) by 2026 at a compound annual growth […]
Irish and Canadian indie developer Outlier Games has announced the Steam Early Access launch of its first title: This Means Warp – a top-down spaceship management game that combines the adrenaline of real time multiplayer action and the long form strategic thinking of a tactical roguelike. This Means Warp is set in a dystopian sci-fi […]
FreeCast, super aggregation platform that combines online streaming media from multiple into a single interface available across devices, is launching its SelectTV Streaming TV Kit with major retail partnerships. By packaging its online service into a physical retail kit, FreeCast is targeting over 150 million potential customers who have yet to turn to streaming as […]