New data from IHS Markit has revealed that global shipments of gaming monitors rocketed up by 350% year-on-year in the first half of 2017, reaching 1.1 million units.
IHS tracks gaming monitors with a refresh rate of 100Hz and above, as well as those that support G-Sync and Free-sync technology. During this period, Asus led the market with a 17.4% share, followed by Acer (12.4%) and HKC (9.9%).
IHS analysts forecast that the sector will continue to go from strength to strength, exceeding 1.6 million total shipments in 2017. Jeff Lin, principal research analyst at IHS Markit, said:
“Gaming applications with frame rates of 100Hz and above are setting the agenda in monitor products today. We expect that more players, including major US and Korean brands, will enter the gaming monitor market.
Both monitor brands and panel makers are introducing a slew of new features to differentiate gaming monitors, such as quick response time, curved and high dynamic range (HDR) panels — all of which improve the gaming experience”.
