Intel Games PC processor market share declined by 16% in five years, and Arrow Lake is also difficult to turn the craze

PC Games News analyzed that Intel's long-term dominant position in the PC game processor market has been severely challenged as PC players gradually shift to rival Super Micro (AMD) Ryzen processor.

Certification for Steam data, Intel's game CPU market has a surprising decline over the past five years, and it also responds to Intel's strict evaluation of the company's market position. Although Chen Liwu's comments on Intel's market value rather than specific markets, this game market analysis revealed that Intel is also facing difficulties in this key consumer field.

According to Steam survey, the Intel game CPU market share fell sharply from 76.84% five years ago to 60.27%, and the Intel processor proportion has decreased by more than 16 percentage points in just five years. If gaming platforms outside Windows are also included in the statistics, Intel accounts for less than 60%. Although Intel CPUs still account for most PC processors, the continued decline in trends indicate an unprecedented level of invasion in the lead.

Back to June 2024, Intel CPUs still had 66.8% of Steam gamers, and AMD was 23.16%. In the following year, Intel's market share showed a steady decline trend. The abnormality in February this year was slightly rebounded after the release of the Arrow Lake processor, and the market share rebounded. However, the short-term rebound has not been maintained, and the market share in the next four months returned to a downward trend, indicating that the recession is happening.

AMD has made great progress in five years, with market share rising to 40%, but PC Games News analyzed that AMD is still a challenger and the Intel Steam survey still dominates. However, the continuous loss is particularly in the game market with high interest and high performance requirements, which is a serious warning to Intel. If Intel wants to reverse the decline trend, it needs to make major changes.

Intel executive director Chen Liwu recently pointed out to employees that he was indeed the chip leader 20 or 30 years ago, but the world has changed and he is no longer the top ten semi-conductor companies. It seems that the real market situation is that Intel's market share continues to decline.