Video Games

This report observes the key trends and development of the video games market landscape in Asia Pacific. Both video games software and hardware posted positive growth in 2017, driven by factors such as connected lifestyles, new products, and ...

Latin America is starting to see recovery in its video game market, as years of slow growth caused by economic and political issues in the region subsided somewhat in 2017, allowing new consoles and mobile gaming to expand once more. This recovery, ...

This report discusses developments in the video games industry in Western Europe. Market success is strongly dependent on the performance of static consoles and therefore largely linked to the console launch cycle. The continued rise of mobile gaming...

Nintendo saw a major revival of fortunes in 2017, as the launch of the Nintendo Switch made it the second largest company in video games in the year. After years of languishing Wii U sales, the company once more has a successful console on the ...

The traditional toy market faced significant headwinds in 2017, but one bright spot in global growth was collectables, with products such as LOL Surprise! having a major impact on sales. The growth of collectables is being spurred by various factors,...

Toys and game retailing continued to see a shift from store based to internet retailing in 2017, as the migration from traditional toys stores to internet retailing continued as did the growth of mobile gaming. Toys “R” Us was forced to declare ...

The improving signs in the Brazilian economy, which in turn have revealed more positive socioeconomics indicators such as growth of disposable incomes after three deteriorating years, partly explain a rebound by video games. This was especially the ...

Video games already generates much higher value sales than traditional toys and games and the gap between the two categories is set to widen over the forecast period. The more dynamic growth expected in video games is set to be mainly due to the ...

The global toys and games market continues to grow, as headwinds within the traditional toy space have been more than offset by the success of static consoles in video games. Traditional toys saw an uneven year in 2017, as growing demand for ...

Nintendo Switch was behind the largest sales of video games in Japan ever witnessed in 2017. The static console was first launched in the market in March 2017 and made an instant impact on gaming accessories and console games, with the latter ...

Consoles, and particularly hand-held consoles, are set to record declines over the forecast period as a large number of game players shift to online and mobile games. On the other hand, AR/VR headsets is expected to register strong growth due to the ...

In 2017, static consoles was one of the fastest growing categories in video games in Australia thanks to consumer interest in new product launches, including PlayStation 4 Pro, Xbox One X and Nintendo Switch, with the latter being particularly ...

The launch of consoles in the country have helped the category to close last year with considerable growth, placing Mexico as one of the most important territories in Latin America relating to video games. The first release in 2017 was Nintendo ...

In 2017, video games hardware returned to growth thanks to the launch of new products. These included the PlayStation 4 Pro from Sony, which offers ultra-high resolution 4K clarity and stronger processing power. Its rival Microsoft, meanwhile, ...

The release of the Nintendo Switch in March 2017 had a profound impact on video games, as the console was well-received by consumers, and sold out for almost the entire year. Its sales impacted numerous areas of the video games landscape. First, the ...

Video games in Thailand performed better in 2017 than in 2016, although failed to reach the double-digit growth of 2015. Its strong performance can be attributed to the robust growth of digital video games software, primarily online games and mobile ...

Indian consumers are spending increasing amounts of time playing mobile games. These not only include globally popular titles such as Candy Crush Saga and Clash of Clans, but also mobile games developed by local companies, such as Ludo King from ...

In 2017, mobile games continued to record dynamic retail value sales growth, to account for the highest share. The penetration of smartphones provided a strong platform for mobile games. Several popular mobile games performed strongly. For example, ...

Static consoles represented the fastest growing category within video games hardware in 2017, boosted by the launch of Nintendo Switch, which quickly became one of the leading static console brands in Malaysia. The Nintendo Switch launch propelled ...

Video games value sales increased impressively in 2017 thanks to the launch of the Nintendo Switch console. The console was well received amongst Dutch consumers, with the product sold not only in media products stores but also widely in traditional ...