The changing of the guard has taken place on Steam and the end of the four-core era has been heralded. The six-kids take over the majority of the systems provided and will stay because of the attractive prices. The eight cores will also have traction because they will be the recommendation for all those who have a little more leeway in their budget.
This month marks the end of an era on Steam. That might sound a bit too meaningful, but it’s definitely a milestone that the majority of gamers are now using a six-core processor. The quad-cores dominated the events on Steam for many years and since there is a large mix of players there, the data is also important for developers. In the future, those with a smaller proportion of quad-cores will also pay less attention to this.
At 33.42 percent, the market share of quad-cores is still too strong to bury them, but the switch to six-cores at 33.52 percent has taken place and will have a lasting impact on game development. You are already in a sub-optimal position if you use a non-SMT quad core. Eight cores will also have a relatively large amount of traction and will increasingly penetrate the mainstream and casual area if the price is right and enough time passes. Towards the end of the year, it can be expected that eight-core processors will be the basic purchase recommendation for gamers if there are no budget limits.
The advantage of the six cores remains that they have an unbeatable price-performance ratio. The Ryzen 5 5600 is extremely popular and the Core i5-12400F is by far the best price/performance offering right now, while the Ryzen 5 5600X tops the efficiency index. In any case, the changing of the guard on Steam took place, certainly also thanks to the development of notebooks, and soon developers will also increasingly consider the new world order as the basis for their developments.
As expected, looking at the data at PCGH, the world looks a little different. New technology is adapted more quickly here and eight cores form the backbone of the community. Meanwhile, popular single CPUs tend to be top models such as the Core i9 -9900K or the Ryzen 9-5900X. This is also reflected in the graphics cards.
Source: Steam
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