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This is a Consumer Technographics document

December 16, 2005

Video Gaming Levels Up?

Where Next For The Global Video Game Industry

by Paul Jackson

with Ted Schadler, Charles S. Golvin, Jaap Favier, Manuela Neurauter


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

The North American and European video game market is a huge industry — dominated by global players such as Sony, Microsoft, and Electronic Arts — that draws in consumers from all walks of life. The next three years will see a generational shift for home game consoles and increased broadband connectivity for all game-playing devices, but this will be an evolutionary rather than a revolutionary shift. Publishers and hardware manufacturers must explore new business models and distribution options to add revenues and retain profitability.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemGaming Gains Ground

itemA Global Industry Emerges

itemConsumers Love To Play Games

itemThe Industry Is Facing A Tough End-Of-Level Boss

itemTechnology Development Will Create More Upheavals

itemForecast: PC Gaming, Home And Portable Game Consoles, 2005–2011

itemThe Good News: Growth Continues

itemThe Bad News: There's No Silver Bullet

itemGame Companies Need To Find New Sources Of Gamer ARPU — And Fast

WHAT IT MEANS

itemRegulation And OS Become Important

alternative view

itemToday The Living Room, Tomorrow The World!

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed 17 vendor and user companies, including: Electronic Arts, Exent, Froghop, Funcom, Gizmondo, IBM, Ideaworks3D, Intel, Linden Lab, Massive Incorporated, Microsoft, Nintendo, Nokia, Sony Computer Entertainment, THQ, XaviX, and Yummy Interactive.

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Industry: Gaming, Media & Entertainment
Special Feature: Forecasts
Geography: Europe, North America

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