Games Software in North America

Introduction

Games Software in North America industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the North America games software market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

• The games software market consists of the total revenues generated through the sale of console games and PC & Mac games. Console games includes the software used in games consoles hardware such as the Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. This also includes the software that is used in wireless or portable handheld devices such as the Nintendo DS, mobile and personal digital assistants (pdas), Playstation Portable and Game Boy Advance. This category excludes the revenue generated through the sales of games consoles and handheld devices. The PC and Mac games includes PC games and Mac games and excludes online games such as casual games, massively multi player online role play games (mmorg). The market is valued at retail selling price (RSP) with any currency conversions calculated using constant 2010 annual average exchange rates.
• The North American games software market is expected to generate total revenues of $15.5 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9% between 2007 and 2011.
• Sales generated through electrical and electronics retailers are expected to be the most lucrative for the North American games software market in 2011, with total revenues of $6.7 billion, equivalent to 43.3% of the market's overall value.
• The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 10.2% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $25.1 billion by the end of 2016.

Features

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Leading company profiles reveal details of key games software market players’ global operations and financial performance

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the North America economy

Key Questions Answered

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