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Portable Gaming Consoles: Market Analysis and Forecasts

ARCchart
October 1, 2012
72 Pages - SKU: CCEQ4919254

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The influx of innovative and advanced features on smartphones and tablets, such as high resolution graphics capabilities, has created a common perception that Portable Gaming Consoles will vanish in the near future. However, ARCchart sees a healthy PGC market continuing to exist and expects that the overall market – including both game titles and console sales – will be worth $24 billion by 2016.

This report provides a global assessment of the PGC market. In addition to assessing the key market drivers, market barriers, vendor strategies and future prospects for the industry, the report provides detailed forecasts for the PGC market from 2012 through to 2016 at a global and regional level, with comparisons made to the wider TV gaming console and emerging mobile device (smartphones and tablets) gaming markets. Historical and vendor market share figures are also provided for 2011.

Topics of coverage include:

History of the portable console market
Console overview: DS, 3DS, PSP and Vita
Cross-platform strategies
Cloud gaming
Wireless connectivity evolution
Vendor profiles
Factors driving the market
8th generation console outlook
Barriers to growth Market sizing and forecast

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A. INTRODUCTION: A.1 What are Portable Gaming Consoles; A.2 A Brief History of the Market; A.3 Portable Gaming Consoles Today
B. MARKET DRIVERS & BARRIERS: B.1 Drivers to Future Growth; B.2 Barriers to Growth
C. VENDOR PROFILES: C.1 Nintendo; C.2 Sony; C.3 Microsoft
D. MARKET SIZE & FORECASTS: D.1 Global Market Outlook; D.2 Regional Market Outlook
List of Figures: Figure 1 - Modern portable gaming consoles; Figure 2 – The Nintendo DS Console; Figure 3 – The Nintendo 3DS console; Figure 4 – The Sony Play Station Portable console; Figure 5 – The Sony PlayStation Vita console; Figure 6 – Penetration of embedded cellular connectivity in PGCs: 2011 - 2016; Figure 7 – Global games title ASP, by console form factor: 2011 – 2016; Figure 8 –Games title ASP, by region: 2011 – 2016; Figure 9 – Global mobile gaming revenues: 2011 – 2016; Figure 10 – Global tablet, smartphone & PGC shipments: 2011 – 2016; Figure 11 – The Nintendo Wii U TouchPad; Figure 12 – The concept of cloud gaming; Figure 13 - Global shipments of PGC units: 2011 – 2016; Figure 14 - Global shipments of TV gaming consoles: 2011 – 2016; Figure 15 – Market share of gaming console shipments, by console form factor: 2011; Figure 16 – Market share of gaming console shipments, by console form factor: 2016; Figure 17 - Global shipments of gaming consoles, by console form factor: 2011 – 2016; Figure 18 - Global PGC unit shipments, by region: 2011 - 2016; Figure 19 - Global PGC shipment revenues: 2011 – 2016; Figure 20 - Global TV gaming console shipment revenue: 2011 – 2016; Figure 21 - Global gaming console shipment revenue, by console form factor: 2011 – 2016; Figure 22 - Portable gaming console ASP: 2011 – 2016; Figure 23 - Global PGC sales revenue, by region: 2011 - 2016; Figure 24 – Global games title ASP, by console form factor: 2011 - 2016; Figure 25 – Global games title sales revenue for PGCs: 2011 - 2016; Figure 26 – Global games title sales revenue for TV consoles: 2011 - 2016; Figure 27 – Global games title sales revenue for mobile devices: 2011 - 2016; Figure 28 - Global games title sales revenue, by device form factor: 2011 - 2016; Figure 29 – Global games title sales revenue market share, by device form factor: 2011; Figure 30 - Global games title sales revenue market share, by device form factor: 2016; Figure 31 - Global PGC games title sales revenue, by region: 2011 - 2016; Figure 32 - Global shipments of PGC units, by wireless technology: 2011 – 2016; Figure 33 - Global shipments of PGCs, by manufacturer console model: 2011 - 2016; Figure 34 - Global PGC market share, by manufacturer console model: 2011 - 2016; Figure 35 – North America PGC unit shipments: 2011 - 2016; Figure 36 – North America PGC revenue: 2011 - 2016; Figure 37 – North America PGC games title sales revenue: 2011 - 2016; Figure 38 – Asia Pacific PGC unit shipments: 2011 - 2016; Figure 39 – Asia Pacific PGC unit sales revenue: 2011 - 2016; Figure 40 – Asia Pacific PGC games title sales revenue: 2011 - 2016; Figure 41 – Western Europe PGC unit shipments: 2011 - 2016; Figure 42 – Western Europe PGC unit sales revenue: 2011 - 2016; Figure 43 – Western Europe PGC games title sales revenue: 2011 - 2016; Figure 44 – Eastern Europe PGC unit shipments: 2011 - 2016; Figure 45 – Eastern Europe PGC unit sales revenue: 2011 - 2016; Figure 46 – Eastern Europe PGC games title sales revenue: 2011 - 2016; Figure 47 – Middle East & Africa PGC unit shipments: 2011 - 2016; Figure 48 – Middle East & Africa PGC unit sales revenue: 2011 - 2016; Figure 49 – Middle East & Africa PGC games title sales revenue: 2011 - 2016; Figure 50 – Latin & Central America PGC unit shipments: 2011 - 2016; Figure 51 – Latin & Central America PGC unit sales revenue: 2011 - 2016; Figure 52 – Latin & Central America PGC games title sales revenue: 2011 - 2016

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