May 2022 Steam Survey offers up 3 takeaways including Nvidia RTX indifference and continued AMD popularity

[Redaktion]

While obviously not representative of the overall PC market, the Steam Survey is a great indicator of the state of mainstream PC gaming and where the industry is heading. With the market finally starting to recover from component shortages and insane pricing, let's have a look at the prognosis.

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[George Simpson]

This is not at all surprising considering that the overwhelming majority of gamers use consoles and are ether happy with their performance and/or are resource/funding locked from upgrading.

The same can be said of the PC gamers, the overwhelming majority game at 1080P (or less!) resolutions which a GTX1060 is more then powerful enough to render all but the most demanding titles. If we factor in or consider the price premium of portable (IE: laptop) and even desktop monitors have for higher resolutions it is no small wonder why 1080P is so popular.

What might be more interesting is knowing where and how users play their games. Are they on desktop systems or on laptop systems? Are they using the laptop screen or are using external monitors/projectors or a TV?

[Strangerindie]

I don't find it odd that RTX cards didn't get popular. They were literally unavailable to buy for so long. So, it makes clear sense why they aren't holding any sort of crown right now. Stock. The 3060 TI vs my old 1060 3GB the 3060 creams it in every way possible. So it was worth the upgrade but I had to wait 2 years to get one.

[Anarkie]

Not too surprising. I finally for an rtx card but was trying to wait out the crypto tax. My hand was forced by one of my kids gpu dying. Thankfully I got an amazing deal on a full wattage 3070 mobile laptop.

I would have waited with my 1060 until I found a 3060ti for 350. Yeah still some time away from that, I know. But I expect it to happen at some point. That said the rtx does an amazing job on a 2k ultrawide. But I would still have preferred to wait and not to get a laptop, but that was the best way to get a decent price for the performance I wanted.

[Bavor]

The authors biases are plainly visible in this article.  Reporters should try to be non biased when it comes to reporting facts about hardware.  Its biased statements such as this that reporters shouldn't be using, "proving that RTX technology is either too expensive or the gains aren't worth the upgrade just yet."

Obviously the author never considered the facts.  First, the RTX 2000 series cards were released after many users upgraded to GTX 1000 series cards because of the significant leap in performance that they offered.  Most PC users and gamers don't upgrade every single generation, so there wasn't much reason for many people to upgrade to RTX 2000 series cards.  In fact, other sources say that most PC users upgrade their graphics card or entire PC every 4 to 6+ years.  Second, when the RTX 3000 series cards were launched, there were component shortages, a pandemic, a cryptocurrency mining boom, and tons of scalpers charging double MSRP or more for graphics cards.  That hurt adoption rates.  Third, when the shortage finally ended, most of the world was hit with record inflation and rising food and fuel prices.  When that happened, buying a new graphics card wasn't a top priority.

Maybe this site needs to find some unbiased reporters that look at the facts on a global scale.

[_MT_]

Maybe this site needs to find some unbiased reporters that look at the facts on a global scale.

The name of the game is sensation. Provoking responses. Getting people wound up. It seems people reward it more than serious journalism.