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Worldwide Home Video Game Console Market Shares, 2021: The Ninth-Generation Race Tightens

Publisher IDC
Published May 20, 2022
Length 25 Pages
SKU # IDC17182074

Description

Worldwide Home Video Game Console Market Shares, 2021: The Ninth-Generation Race Tightens

This IDC study examines and contrasts the major video game console platforms from several market share angles in particular in the 2012–2021 period, with an emphasis on the 2020-2021 dynamic. Global market shares for Switch, Wii U, Wii, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and Xbox 360 systems are tracked in several dimensions through this period in this study. The impact of digital-only microconsoles and gaming-capable streaming media players is also cursorily examined."Worldwide spending on home game console hardware, software, and game-related services rose 11.7% in 2021 relative to 2020. While spending was up on PlayStation, Switch, and Xbox platforms, Xbox grew faster, and so Xbox picked up 2.2% market share of worldwide retail spending in 2021." — Lewis Ward, IDC's research director of Gaming and VR/AR

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Table of Contents

25 Pages
IDC Market Share Figure
Executive Summary
Advice for Technology Suppliers
Market Share
Who Shaped the Year
Nintendo Switch
Microsoft Xbox
Sony PlayStation
Market Context
Significant Market Developments
Methodology
Market Definition
Related Research

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