Worldwide Mobile and Handheld Gaming Forecast, 2024–2028: Spending Rebound Expected Next Year
This IDC study sizes and assesses the mobile and handheld console gaming marketplace worldwide through 2028. The forecast includes four regional breakouts: North America, Western Europe, Asia/Pacific (AP), and the rest of the world (ROW). Mobile and handheld console device installed bases, monthly active user (MAU) bases, storefront and distribution dynamics, average revenue per user (ARPU), in-game ad revenue, and other key trends are assessed. Market drivers and inhibitors, M&A deals, and leading mobile game developer/publisher dynamics are addressed as well."Global spending on local mobile games fell 3.7% last year, but we're projecting a 2.5% spending rebound in 2024 to $107.3 billion. We also anticipate that improving macroeconomic conditions and other factors will lead to significantly higher growth rates in 2025 and 2026." — Lewis Ward, research director, IDC's Gaming, eSports, and VR/AR services
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- IDC Market Forecast Figure
- Executive Summary
- Advice for Technology Suppliers
- Market Forecast
- Worldwide Forecast
- Local Mobile and Handheld Gaming Revenue
- Mobile Cloud-Streamed Game and Browser-Based Instant/HTML5/.IO Gaming Revenue
- Worldwide Mobile Gaming Device Installed Bases, Gamers, and ARPU
- Worldwide Handheld Console Shipments, Installed Bases, Gamers, and ARPU
- North America Forecast
- Western Europe Forecast
- Asia/Pacific Forecast
- Rest of World Forecast
- Market Context
- Drivers and Inhibitors
- Drivers
- 5G Device, Network, and Service Adoption
- Improving Macroeconomic Conditions
- Inhibitors
- Nongaming App Competition for Time, Eyeballs, and Spending
- Wars and Geopolitical Conflicts
- China's Gaming Crackdown
- Significant Market Developments
- Changes from Prior Forecast
- Market Definition
- Methodology
- Related Research
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