Dell will not manufacture any more powerful geymerskih the personal computer
Company Dell will gradually turn off production of game computers of a class high-end from ruler XPS (Xtreme Performance System). As informs Ars Technica, it will help the manufacturer to support at worthy level of sale of products from Alienware. Dell has acquired this company in March, 2006, reminds a site the Tape.
It was initially planned, that ruler XPS and computers from Alienware will supplement one another in the market, instead of to compete among themselves. However the manufacturer was mistaken in the estimations herefore in certain degree sales of series XPS have suffered.
Representatives Dell notice, that the company plans to curtail production only the powerful systems focused on inveterate gamers. It means, that the manufacturer will manufacture still topovyie laptops and computers for a wide audience within the limits of ruler XPS.
As the reasons which have affected the company decision, low sales of a game software are called. For the last years incomes of sales of PC games steadily decrease. According to NPD Group, in 1998 computer projects have brought to publishers of $1,8 billion. At that time the share of PC games in the market made 32,72 percent.
In 2007 of sale of these projects have reached only a mark in $910 million. Even if to take into consideration not considered incomes (for example, from digital distribution) the total sum will not exceed $1,37 billion, that almost for 25 percent more low, than in 1998.
At the same time demand for games for consoles grows practically every year. If in 1998 publishers have received from sales of these projects of all $3,7 billion in 2007 this indicator has reached a point in $8,6 billion. According to analysts, the industry of computer games is gradually transformed in nishevyiy the market with a small amount of exclusive projects.