Asustek Computer was the largest gaming notebook vendor in the first half of 2015 and acquired a share of around 40% in shipments of gaming notebooks featuring Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M, 960M, 970M and 980M graphics cards, according to sources from the supply chain.

Following Asustek, Lenovo was the second largest with a shipment share of 30%, mainly relying on demand from China, the sources said. Micro-Star International (MSI) and Acer were number three and four, respectively, with their shipment shares ranging from 11-15% and they are mainly selling their gaming notebooks to Europe.

With demand for standard consumer notebooks continuing to drop, most notebook vendors have already turned to niche markets such as that for gaming notebooks to maintain their performances.

However, as more players are joining the gaming device market, competition has been heating up, resulting in profit drops for most players.