Mobile Gaming - Thematic Research
Description
Mobile Gaming - Thematic Research
Summary
Mobile gaming expertise is a must-have for all game companies. The market is already bigger than the console and PC gaming markets combined. Worth $124 billion in 2023, mobile gaming revenue will grow to $195 billion by 2030, according to GlobalData forecasts.
Key Highlights
The growing maturity of streaming (supported by 5G), cloud gaming, and mobile esports, combined with the fact that mobile platforms are close to technological parity with PCs and consoles, means most gamers will embrace mobile gaming in the next few years. The ability to run high-quality, big-budget games (e.g., Resident Evil 4 and Assassin’s Creed Mirage) on mobile platforms will attract more publishers and gamers.
Due to its lucrative revenue prospects, console and PC game publishers such as Activision Blizzard (owned by Microsoft) and Take-Two Interactive are heavily focused on mobile gaming. In addition, video streaming services (e.g., Netflix) and online advertisers (e.g., AppLovin) are also in the race.
Regulation will continue to be a disruptive threat for the foreseeable future. In 2023, China’s draft regulation to curb in-game spending wiped $80 billion in market value from Tencent and NetEase. Regulations around in-app purchases, data privacy, child safety, antitrust, artificial intelligence (AI), and app store commissions will continue to impact all mobile gaming companies.
Scope
This report provides an overview of the mobile gaming theme.
It identifies the key trends impacting growth of the theme over the next 12 to 24 months, split into three categories: technology trends, macroeconomic trends, and regulatory trends.
It contains a comprehensive industry analysis, including global market size and growth forecasts for mobile gaming, details of M&A deals driven by the mobile gaming theme, and a timeline highlighting milestones in the development of mobile gaming.
The detailed value chain comprises four layers: creation, monetization, distribution, and device. Leading and challenging vendors are identified across three of the four layers.
Reasons to Buy
The growing maturity of streaming (supported by 5G), cloud gaming services, and mobile esports, combined with the fact that mobile platforms are close to technical parity with PCs and consoles, means most gamers will embrace mobile gaming in the next few years. This report will tell readers everything they need to know about this significant and dynamic theme.
Table of Contents
57 Pages
- Executive Summary
- Players
- Technology Briefing
- What is mobile gaming?
- Hardware
- Processors
- Displays
- Audio
- Connectivity
- Telecom networks
- Cloud services
- Software
- Game engines
- Frame rate
- Live operations (LiveOps)
- Trends
- Technology trends
- Macroeconomic trends
- Regulatory trends
- Industry Analysis
- Market size and growth forecasts
- Timeline
- Signals
- M&A trends
- Venture financing trends
- Patent trends
- Company filing trends
- Value Chain
- Creation layer
- Game developers and publishers
- Game engine providers
- Monetization layer
- Ad networks
- Payment platforms
- Esports organizers
- Brand sponsorship
- Media rights
- Distribution layer
- Cloud service providers
- Content delivery networks
- Telecom networks
- App stores
- Social platforms
- Device layer
- Companies
- Sector Scorecard
- Gaming sector scorecard
- Who’s who
- Thematic screen
- Valuation screen
- Risk screen
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- GlobalData reports
- Our Thematic Research Methodology
- About GlobalData
- Contact Us
- List of Tables
- Table 1: Technology trends
- Table 2: Macroeconomic trends
- Table 3: Regulatory trends
- Table 4 M&A trends:
- Table 5: Venture financing trends
- Table 6: Companies
- Table 7: Glossary
- Table 8: GlobalData reports
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: A select list of leaders and challengers across the mobile gaming value chain
- Figure 2: Two main types of devices are used in mobile gaming
- Figure 3: Refresh rate is the count of how many times the device's screen is redrawn each second
- Figure 4: Mobile gaming will generate $195 billion in revenue by 2030
- Figure 5: The Asia-Pacific region leads the global mobile gaming market
- Figure 6: The mobile gaming story
- Figure 7: Patent filing activity in mobile gaming peaked in 2021 but declined subsequently
- Figure 8: Mentions of mobile gaming in filings peaked in 2022 but returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2023
- Figure 9: The mobile gaming value chain
- Figure 10: The mobile gaming value chain - Creation layer: game developers and publishers
- Figure 11: The mobile gaming value chain - Creation layer: game engine providers
- Figure 12: The mobile gaming value chain - Monetization layer: ad networks
- Figure 13: The mobile gaming value chain - Monetization layer: payment platforms
- Figure 14: The mobile gaming value chain - Monetization layer: esports organizers
- Figure 15: The mobile gaming value chain - Monetization layer: brand sponsorships
- Figure 16: The mobile gaming value chain - Monetization layer: media rights
- Figure 17: The mobile gaming value chain - Distribution layer: cloud service providers
- Figure 18: The mobile gaming value chain - Distribution layer: content delivery networks
- Figure 19: The mobile gaming value chain - Distribution layer: telecom networks, including 5G
- Figure 20: The mobile gaming value chain - Distribution layer: app stores
- Figure 21: The mobile gaming value chain - Distribution layer: social platforms
- Figure 22: The mobile gaming value chain - Device layer: smartphones and tablets
- Figure 23: Who does what in the gaming space?
- Figure 24: Thematic screen
- Figure 25: Valuation screen
- Figure 26: Risk screen
- Figure 27: Our five-step approach for generating a sector scorecard
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