Games Market Growth

Worldwide sales of 'traditional' PC game, video game and portable game hardware and software are expected to increase from $23.2 billion in 2003 to $31.6 billion in 2009, according to games research specialist DFC Intelligence. Combined with the online games market the 2009 total should reach $41.4 billion.

DFC presents differing scenarios based on possible launch dates for new consoles and services from the three main manufacturers, Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. The service provides detailed, regularly updated five-year forecasts for video game hardware and software, portable game systems, and PC game software, broken down by individual platform, region of the world (US, Europe, Japan and the rest of the world including Canada and Asia Pacific).

Platforms forecasted include PC game software, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 2/ Xbox Next, Nintendo Revolution/ GameCube 2, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, Sony PSP, Nintendo DS and Nokia N-Gage.

The new report also presents the first detailed forecasts for the new portable game systems coming from Sony and Nintendo. According to David Cole, president of DFC Intelligence, the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP are expected to help drive an increase in sales for the portable game market from $3.9 billion worldwide in 2003 to $11.1 billion in 2007.

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