IDC analyst Billy Pidgeon expects connected consoles to generate over $2 billion in 2008 and to grow to over $7 billion by 2012.
Archive for February, 2009
Connected Consoles are a $7 Billion Market by 2012
Author: IESherpaFeb 26
Casual Games Industry To Top $1 Billion By 2013
Author: IESherpaFeb 26
According to Parks Associates, the market for casual games will reach $1 Billion by 2013.
They have Free-to-Play MMO Games at ~8.5 Million players in 2009, growing to more than 20 Million by 2013.
There’s also an excellent graph showing adoption and usage of online games.
PS3 Owners on PSN Spend $9 Each When Online
Author: IESherpaFeb 25
Sony is now reporting that they have more than 20 Million people on the PlayStation Network (PSN) according to VentureBeat. In early January, Microsoft said they had 17 Million active members who had spent more than $1 billion on Xbox LIVE since launch.
Sony says they have sold:
- More than 380 Million pieces of Content
- Made $180 Million in revenue
This means on average, Sony is making:
- $9/user
- $.47/piece of content
With 70 million PS3′s sold, Sony has a 28.6 % rate of gamers becoming online gamers on the platform. PSN offers:
- 14,500 items
- of which, 5,900 are movies
Online Gaming Surged 27% in 2008
Author: IESherpaFeb 24
comScore released an analysis of Americans’ usage of online gaming sites as the economy sours which showed that the category has grown:
Top Online Gaming Sites December 2008 vs. December 2007 Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore Media Metrix Total Unique Visitors (000) Dec-2007 Dec- 2008 % Change Total Internet : Total Audience 183,619 190,650 4 Online Gaming 67,457 85,977 27 Yahoo! Games 16,184 19,468 20 EA Online 12,673 15,369 21 Disney Games 11,933 13,458 13 WildTangent Network 7,650 13,306 74 Addictinggames.com 9,706 11,343 17 AOL Games 8,380 10,750 28 MSN Games 9,685 10,263 6 Miniclip.com 7,264 8,636 19 Nick.com Games 6,020 7,092 18 Spil Games 1,821 6,715 269
World Video Game Software Sales Almost 410 Million Units in 2008
Author: IESherpaFeb 13
NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track Limited and Enterbrain, Inc., combined video game software unit sales across the world’s three largest games markets:
- Experienced growth of 11 percent in calendar year 2008 (Jan.-Dec.)
- 409.9 million units in 2008
- 367.7 million units in 2007
US Numbers:
- Saw an increase of 15 percent over 2007
- 268.4 million units in 2008
- 36 million more units than last year
UK Nintendo DS Install Base ~ 9 Million Units
Author: IESherpaFeb 9
MCV reported numbers from GfK-ChartTrack regarding the number of Nintendo DS units that have sold thru in the UK. As of December 2008, the number was:
- 8.8 Million
The 9 Million mark should be easily achieved in the next several months given the growth in the UK market, which was up 37% in the first five weeks of the year over 2008.
Australia’s Install Base for Next-Gen Consoles ~ 2 Million
Author: IESherpaFeb 9
GameSpot UK recently received numbers on the Australian market’s next-gen consoles install base from GfK Australia. With more than 2 Million next generation systems sold in the country, Australia is a potentially viable market for local content:
- PlayStation3 – 460,000
- Xbox 360 – 537,000
- Wii – 1 Million
About this blog
Welcome to the blog. My name is Sean Kauppinen and I’ve been in the games industry for 15 years. I’m constantly looking for research and data on the market. I wanted to create this blog so that anyone interested in finding out the size of the market could get the data quickly and easily. If you find an article that you think we should post, please send it over and we’ll get it in the blog.
