Given 105% YoY Growth in 2020, Gaming Monitor Shipment Expected to Exceed 25 Million Units, a 41% Growth YoY, Says TrendForce
Publish Date :2021/03/02
Yearly gaming monitor (defined as having a refresh rate of at least 100Hz)
shipment reached 18.4 million units in 2020, a 105% increase YoY, according to
TrendForce’s latest investigations. This growth took place because monitor
brands and panel suppliers poured considerable resources into this product
category and because the stay-at-home economy generated a high demand for gaming
monitors. TrendForce expects the gaming monitor market to remain in an upward
trajectory in 2021, with a forecasted yearly shipment of about 25.9 million
units, a 41% increase YoY.
TrendForce analyst Anita Wang indicates that, among the top five largest
gaming monitor brands in 2020, MSI registered a remarkable 114% YoY growth in
its gaming monitor shipment for the year. Although the company had primarily
focused on curved gaming monitors, it began diversifying its offerings and
expanding its lineup of flat IPS monitors in 2020. MSI’s 114% YoY growth far
exceeded the market average and was the highest among the top five brands.
Thanks to Asus’ large-scale expansion of its gaming product lineup and an
aggressive effort to procure components since early 2020, Asus’ yearly shipment
of gaming monitors reached a 108% increase YoY. At the same time, Asus’
performance in the gaming monitor segment also resulted in the highest total
yearly monitor shipment in the company’s history. In terms of monitor shipment
(which includes both gaming and non-gaming monitors), Asus’ YoY % growth was the
highest among the top 10 brands.
AOC/Philips saw a 102% YoY growth in their gaming monitor shipment for 2020,
due to the high sales of their mainstream curved gaming monitors and flat IPS
monitors, both of which contributed to an increase in AOC/Philips’ market share.
At the same time, AOC/Philips is set to release high-end Mini LED models this
year, giving them a more comprehensive monitor portfolio.
On the other hand, with regards to gaming monitor panels, SDC (Samsung
Display Co.) led the field with a 35% market share in 2020. However, as SDC
makes a gradual exit from the panel manufacturing business this year, the gaming
monitor panel market has become a hotly contested sector for the remaining
suppliers. In particular, AUO, which was ranked second in terms of market share
in 2020, is expected to leapfrog its competitors and score the highest share in
the gaming monitor panel market this year as it continues to expand the volume
of panels that it supplies to gaming monitor manufacturers.
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