The PC gaming industry is currently worth around $26 billion. Game business group 'Open Gaming Alliance' expects this number to grow by a massive amount by 2018, estimating a net worth of $35 billion.
The data in this table is taken from research made by DFC Intelligence:
The research indicates that the growing popularity of eSports and the continued support of free-to-play games will be the main reason for PC gaming's success. The data also dictates that the peak of PC gaming will occur in 2018, following a slow decline over 2019.
DFC analyst David Cole spoke to VentureBeat:
“In past years much of the growth in PC games has been due to adoption of the platform in Asia. Now we are estimating a potential 86 million PC gamers outside Asia that we have targeted as market growth drivers,”
“These are the consumers that are driving spending not just on software, but also on PC hardware, as they buy expensive equipment to play, view, and record games.”