Asia powers PC rebound in computer gaming industry
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Date posted: 12/10/2011
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It looks like many other industrial buildings in Singapore with its squat form and grey exterior.

But make your way past firms producing lights and prams to the top floor of the seven-storey block and the sight that greets visitors is enough to make many young gamers think they've died and gone to heaven.

Welcome to the Singapore research and development centre of Razer, a cult brand among hardcore gamers worldwide who lust after high-performance devices such as mice, keyboards, headsets and joysticks

Despite Apple's conquest of mass-market computing and the current dominance of consoles such as Sony's Playstation 3 among avid gamers, PC gaming is clawing back lost ground thanks to its diehard supporters.

Entertainment industry research firm DFC Intelligence said in a market report released in September that the PC could dethrone consoles as the dominant hardcore gaming platform in three years.

Data from the firm showed that the global PC games market raked in a record $16.2 billion last year, up 20 percent from 2009.

Although the console games market -- valued at nearly $25 billion in 2010 -- outperformed the PC platform last year, DFC predicts a reversal of fortunes by 2014 because consoles have lost momentum.

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