Gaming is now observed as a serious career option, with more gamers preferring a personal computer or PC as their device – showed in a survey by Hewlett Packard (HP) India. Vickram Bedi, Senior Director, Personal Systems, HP India market, said at the company’s ‘India Gaming Study 2022’ event in New Delhi that it is not the days of PC or mobile gaming anymore, it is the days of PC and Mobile gaming.  

He also added that the PC gaming landscape in India provides a great chance for the youth and they, at HP, are supporting gamers in their journey. The strong preference for PC gaming represents a huge business opportunity for us. As per Bedi, the Indian gaming market will see the co-existence of mobile and PC gaming, though currently the market is covered with mobile gaming. But, according to HP’s study, about 39 percent of mobile gamers are looking to migrate to a PC for gaming. 

HP’s study includes 2,000 respondents across 14 cities in the country showing the overwhelming majority (68%) of gamers found PCs better, and wish to enter the world of PC gaming due to varying reasons. These reasons range from more gaming titles (82%), and a better experience (70%) to peripherals support (57%). The study found that 39% of mobile gamers are looking to migrate to a PC for gaming. 

More gamers now see this as a career option as well. According to the study, around two-thirds of serious gamers wish to explore this as a full-time or a part-time career. Professional gamer Moeen Ejaz, who was there at the event, said that his parents and other relatives were at first skeptical about him “wasting his time” gaming. This perception changed when he won a bronze medal in the DOTA Commonwealth Esports Championship 2022. 

The HP study highlighted that some also aspire to become gaming software developers (18%) and animators (2%) as well. However, becoming a professional gamer (53%) or an influencer (20%) remains on top of the list.  

The study also disclosed that women gamers are on the rise in India with over 50% of women gamers eyeing this as a career prospect.