The landscape of video games is expected to undergo a significant recovery in terms of sales for both hardware and software in 2023. The year 2022 was fraught with supply chain issues for the new consoles of Playstation and Xbox.
After many years of digital video games software strongly outperforming physical video games software, the last two years have seen them both recording very similar performances, quite strong declines in 2021 and another fall in sales, albeit less marked, in 2022. This was in part due to consumers' inclination towards having a unique purchasing experience, seeking advice in and making purchases from the local economy rather than online platforms, which is a growing market trend in France, particularly after the lockdowns and non-essential retail closures of 2020.
The gaming industry is being shaped by two major long-term trends, namely online and mobile gaming, which are supported by various factors, such as improving hardware and network performance and investments by video game editors in game development. Online gaming is expected to enjoy a strong performance over the forecast period, with a projected current value CAGR of 5% (3% at 2022 constant prices), boosted by Nintendo's launch of its own subscription service in 2018.
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Video Games
This is the aggregation of video games hardware and video games software. Electronic/computerised educational toys such as Speak & Spell and LeapFrog are excluded from video games and included under pre-school. Video gaming population refers to the population that played a game at least once in the last 6 months on any covered platform. This includes players who have not spent any money on game purchases or in-game content purchases.
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