Study: 87% of PC Gamers Prefer Playing on Desktops Rather Than Notebooks

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The vast majority of enthusiast PC gamers prefer to play games on desktop systems rather than notebooks, according to a study from Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the technically oriented marketing, research, and management consulting firm based in Tiburon, California. Per JPR’s GPU production and sales data, as well as Steam Hardware Survey data, upwards of 87% of enthusiast PC gamers use desktops to play games, it's claimed. The study was apparently prompted by "misleading" market research and sales data that JPR believes could lead hardware manufacturers to over-invest in notebook R&D and marketing.

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I know plenty of folks that gsme on notebooks. But to me that's akin to console gaming. But a top line notebook is probably good for 4 years of gaming I would think.
 
I've got a decent gaming laptop (MSI GP66 Leopard with an RTX 3070 and i7 11800H 8c/16t) and will occasionally take it on the patio to do some gaming but what really holds me back is the small screen (15.6). It's what I could afford, I spent maybe $1500 before some upgrades since 17.3 usually tack on at least another $1K for the types I'd prefer. Otherwise, at one point I had it hooked up to a monitor and the biggest drawback indoors was the insane fan volume. Factor in those details and sure I absolutely spend most of my time on a desktop but if I had $6K to throw at the best-of-the-best that could be a different story, come on lottery, right?

The other thing I don't like about notebook/laptop or even external screens for them is that nearly all top at ~400 nits or less and I prefer closer to 1000. I'm sure this is due to power restraints but, to me, it really becomes a drawback for IQ when gaming.
 
Peter_Brosdahl said:
I've got a decent gaming laptop (MSI GP66 Leopard with an RTX 3070 and i7 11800H 8c/16t) and will occasionally take it on the patio to do some gaming but what really holds me back is the small screen (15.6). It's what I could afford, I spent maybe $1500 before some upgrades since 17.3 usually tack on at least another $1K for the types I'd prefer. Otherwise, at one point I had it hooked up to a monitor and the biggest drawback indoors was the insane fan volume. Factor in those details and sure I absolutely spend most of my time on a desktop but if I had $6K to throw at the best-of-the-best that could be a different story, come on lottery, right?

The other thing I don't like about notebook/laptop or even external screens for them is that nearly all top at ~400 nits or less and I prefer closer to 1000. I'm sure this is due to power restraints but, to me, it really becomes a drawback for IQ when gaming.
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Kind of looking seriously at the Samsung ultra laptop with the 4070. AMOLED 16 inch screen... 13900h cpu, 32 gig of ram and 1tb of space. (space is the big drawback here.)
 
Grimlakin said:
Samsung ultra laptop
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I just did a quick peek at BB. It's nice looking for sure and @$3K is not bad. I've got a Galaxy Book 7+ with an AMOLED screen and love it. If the panels are anywhere close to the same I'd expect things to look awesome. The resolution looks like a good match for the GPU as well and that CPU is way more than enough for anything gaming related. My only complaint would be that I'd want a 17.3 or 18.4 but that's just me but then that price would go up another $1K for sure.
 
Peter_Brosdahl said:
I just did a quick peek at BB. It's nice looking for sure and @$3K is not bad. I've got a Galaxy Book 7+ with an AMOLED screen and love it. If the panels are anywhere close to the same I'd expect things to look awesome. The resolution looks like a good match for the GPU as well and that CPU is way more than enough for anything gaming related. My only complaint would be that I'd want a 17.3 or 18.4 but that's just me but then that price would go up another $1K for sure.
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As someone who has toted around a 17 inch gaming laptop before... when you are travelling with a work laptop, and normal bag/carry on... then have to move between terminals at an airport.. I think the 15.6-16 inch range is the sweet spot.
 
I totally get it. I rarely have to travel much with mine and I can easily see what you mean.
 
Did this even need to be studied?

who wants to spend more money for a ****tier unergonomic experience with a small screen?
 
Grimlakin said:
As someone who has toted around a 17 inch gaming laptop before... when you are travelling with a work laptop, and normal bag/carry on... then have to move between terminals at an airport.. I think the 15.6-16 inch range is the sweet spot.
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I don't have to travel for work anymore, but if I did, I'd just not play games. I'd wait until I got home.

The experience on a laptop, any laptop at any price point is going to be so inferior that it is not even worth playing.
 
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Zarathustra said:
I don't have to travel for work anymore, but if I did, I'd just not play games. I'd wait until I get home.

The experence on a laptop, any laptop at any price point is going to be so inferior that it is not even worth playing.
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As an MMORPG gamer... I understand your point but am in the 'gaming' community... so it's more the community than the experience. But I don't mind paying for the experience to be as good as I can afford.
 
Grimlakin said:
As someone who has toted around a 17 inch gaming laptop before... when you are travelling with a work laptop, and normal bag/carry on... then have to move between terminals at an airport.. I think the 15.6-16 inch range is the sweet spot.
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15.6 is the sweet spot of being useless. I'm all for 17", the desktop is big enough so I don't have to use scaling and the internal keyboard is not compromised into uselessness. For mobility there is virtually no difference, 10% heavier, for 200% more usability is a no brainer for me, I'll never again buy a 15.6" after having used a 17" for years.
 
but it’s very likely that the vast majority of these computers are not being used to play games.
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All our work notebooks are gaming notebooks. Much better value than so called mobile workstations.
 
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