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

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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