AMD Upbeat On PC Games Market

By David Jenkins 11/28/08

AMD senior vice president and general manager Rick Bergman has described the PC games market as “still healthy”, in a new wide-ranging interview with the ATI graphics firm acquirer on technology website Venturebeat. Asked whether he still felt there was a strong appetite for high-end graphics technology, Bergman answered: “If you look at the sales, it’s still healthy. The third quarter was down a little from last year. But the market keeps getting bigger and bigger.” On the subject of whether PC gaming in particular was also still healthy he commented: “There is a very compelling story on why PC gaming is so healthy now. When you consider shipments of high-end gaming rigs and strong sales of online games such as World of WarCraft, you can see how strong it is.” “Sales at the high end continue to astound me. We address that by putting two of our sweet spot chips into one board. The gaming platforms tend to be the first place where games appear, but we are in about 80 percent of the gaming consoles sold, since we’re in the Microsoft and Nintendo consoles”, added Bergman.

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