Consumer preferences for GPU brands and models have shifted significantly over the last 31 months on PCPartPicker. In looking at the data of the 25,780 builds that included a GPU and CPU, you can get a picture of the overall GPU market as well as recent shifts. For instance, in the last 31 months, Nvidia […]
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Gaming machine purchase behavior data from PCPartPicker goes back approximately 31 months (based on the oldest comment on the oldest build). In those 31 months, there were 25,780 builds priced between $450-$5,000 (I removed the outliers on both ends because they couldn’t be complete builds or they were ridiculous machines). For the rest of the […]
Goldman Sachs claims that there are 700mm PC gamers worldwide with 150mm gamers in the developed world. Steam, with 135mm users, is the most dominant distribution platform for games, and sold an estimated $3.5 billion worth of PC games in 2015. With PC gaming revenue approaching $32 billion in 2015, Steam owns about 11% of […]
We launched a beta version of our software a few weeks ago. Currently, Parsec makes it possible for PC gamers to play on their own machines remotely or access a cloud gaming machine that they set up in Amazon Web Services (AWS). In AWS, the gamer launches a graphics enabled GPU machine (g2.2xlarge) that runs […]
Today is a big day for Civilization fans with the highly anticipated launch of Civilization 6. Many Parsec users who have set up a cloud machine to play the game while they wait for the Mac version to be released know that our application only works with games that are launched in windowed mode. Civilization […]
By Benjy Boxer We believe that we’re entering a new phase of computing. One where both software and processing are delivered via shared computing resources in the cloud. Our vision for Parsec is to eliminate computer hardware and free everyone from the constant upgrade cycles required to keep up with the latest software. This is […]
by Chris Dickson Tl;dr: We just released an AWS AMI for streaming PC games at extremely low latency and 60 FPS from Amazon. Check it out here. Rocket League on my Macbook Pro The Inspiration Last July, I read a highly upvoted article on Hacker News claiming that it was possible to play games from an […]
Whether you’re building your first gaming PC or upgrading to the GTX 1080, there’s some interesting data available from 2015 that captures trends in the GPU market. As others have pointed out, Nvidia has been utterly dominating the gaming market since the launch of the 700 series in 2014. Current estimates put their market share […]
Amazon Prime Day 2016 is lauded as its “biggest event ever!” on Amazon.com. It’s routinely compared to Black Friday, which is traditionally the biggest shopping day in America. There are some great deals to be found, but as an Amazon Referral business found in 2015, it’s pretty clear that Prime Day didn’t compare to America’s […]
Twitch allows users to stream games in a lot of resolutions, and channels are choosing to stream in resolutions across the spectrum. Interestingly, on Twitch, the resolution of your stream doesn’t seem to have an impact on your following, but channels that qualify for the Twitch Partner Program overwhelmingly broadcast in one of three screen […]
On June 14th, we took a snapshot of 4,213 channels streaming 11 different games. Looking at the data, we found that on average, none of the games substantially outperformed the other games in terms of followers on each channel. However, when you look at the outlier channels for every game, a different story emerges — one that […]
When you’re outside of an industry, you can sometimes miss huge trends that are shaping the way millions of people are spending their time and money. The media industry continuously frets that their businesses are on fire due to the internet and technology. But as the forest clears, something big is growing that will dominate […]
If you’re thinking about creating an account on Twitch to earn money and build a large following, you’ll be competing with over 2 million broadcasters, many with the same goal in mind. Additionally, you’ll want to think about the time commitment required to build an audience significant enough to sustain yourself. Data from channels that […]
As eSports grows from an $84 million industry in 2014 to a predicted $1.2 billion in the United States alone, gamers are looking for an edge in the next competition. With purses approaching $2 million for the winners and a growing gambling industry, it’s understandable why people are turning to popular Twitch and YouTube channels […]
Twitch is waging a war against firms promising viewers and followers through bots that channel owners can pay for. This causes very serious negative externalities for the Twitch ecosystem and leads to gaming the system. As a marketplace, Twitch knows that governance of its platform is a key to its success, and they cannot allow […]