The data simply does not back this up. In 2025, gaming laptops are set to outsell gaming desktops by more than double.
The steam hardware survey supports the same, that most gamers have mid-range GPUs from laptops.
The "PC Master Race" nerds who build their own computers and buy high end GPUs are the niche.
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? to these as usual "incomplete" statistics and forecasts.
"Do not trust any statistics you did not fake yourself."
2019 and 2020 the Laptop sales went up (yes true), but just because of Corona and mainly bought for Home Schooling and for Home Office (BYOD). In other words, mainly lower spec Laptops were sold, reflected in the stats you posted.
A low spec $762 PC offers much more hardware performance than a low spec $1,041 badly cooled plastic bomber Laptop that throttles after 30 min of gaming, don't forget we are still talking about the average here.
Of course these People installed Steam, Epic and GOG Stores on their new shiny low spec Laptops.
This doesn't mean their Laptops were equally to >=2000€$ Laptops able to match the "recommended" requirements of todays AAA games. Remember, these Stores also offers many casual games, playing AAA games on minimum requirements is a torture, and no fun at all. Anyway, these Laptops are fine for casual games only.
Sadly i didn't find a hardware spec breakdown linked to store revenue and game titles, this would show you what i mean.
Again, most parents with a "normal income" won't buy their kids a 2800€$ Notchbook, or even a such expensive Windows Laptop. AAA Games is a league Apple will never get their feet into, simply because they are too expensive and not extendable. Btw. on most Windows Laptops you still can extend RAM,SSD, usually by opening 2-4 screws.
The ones who plays todays AAA games titles have consoles or >=1500€$ PCs (excluding the Display).
Kids usually have consoles...
Cloud Gaming might come to the rescue, but in many parts of the world the internet connection still sucks, this will take a while.
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