Global PC sales forecast to dip by 5% in 2026 due to spiralling memory prices

Last week I reported on data from JPR claiming that gaming PC sales are booming and that the high end of the market is going gangbusters, in particular. Now a different research outfit is predicting that overall PC sales will be down by 5% in 2026. So what, exactly, is going on?

The new report comes from Counterpoint Research. They forecast that, "global PC shipments in 2026 are projected to see a 5% contraction compared to 2025," but that things could actually be worse.

"The PC sector...