Global Games Software Retail Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast, 2017-2026
Summary
Global Games Software Retail industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2017-21, and forecast to 2026). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.
Key Highlights
- The games software market includes retail sales of games for domestic games consoles, handheld games consoles, mobile phones and other wireless devices; and games for PC and Mac desktop computers. Online games are excluded (e.g. Second Life). Console hardware sales are excluded. All market data and forecasts are represented as a consumer expenditure in retailers which includes sales taxes (e.g. VAT) and figures presented are in nominal terms (i.e., without adjustment for inflation) and all currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2021 annual average exchange rates.
- The global games software market had total revenues of $60.6 billion in 2021, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.3% between 2016 and 2021.
- The market has kept expanding in recent years, mainly driven by the uptake of video game consoles and internet connections.
- The value of the global games software market grew by 3.9% in 2021.
- Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, and leading players in the games software retail market in the global
- Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the global games software retail market
- Leading company profiles reveal details of key games software retail market players’ global operations and financial performance
- Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the Global games software retail market with five year forecasts by both value and volume
- What was the size of the Global games software retail market by value in 2021?
- What will be the size of the Global games software retail market in 2026?
- What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Global games software retail market?
- How has the market performed over the last five years?
- How large is the global’s games software retail market in relation to its regional counterparts?
- 1 Executive Summary
- 1.1. Market value
- 1.2. Market value forecast
- 1.3. Geography segmentation
- 1.4. Market rivalry
- 1.5. Competitive Landscape
- 2 Market Overview
- 2.1. Market definition
- 2.2. Market analysis
- 3 Market Data
- 3.1. Market value
- 4 Market Segmentation
- 4.1. Geography segmentation
- 4.2. Market distribution
- 5 Market Outlook
- 5.1. Market value forecast
- 6 Five Forces Analysis
- 6.1. Summary
- 6.2. Buyer power
- 6.3. Supplier power
- 6.4. New entrants
- 6.5. Threat of substitutes
- 6.6. Degree of rivalry
- 7 Competitive Landscape
- 7.1. Who are the leading players?
- 7.2. What strategies do the leading players follow?
- 7.3. What disruptors/challengers have changed the market in recent years?
- 7.4. What is the biggest theme in the market?
- 8 Company Profiles
- 8.1. Tencent Holdings Limited
- 8.2. Amazon.com, Inc.
- 8.3. GameStop Corp
- 8.4. Rakuten Group Inc
- 9 Macroeconomic Indicators
- 9.1. Country data
- 10 Appendix
- 10.1. Methodology
- 10.2. Industry associations
- 10.3. Related MarketLine research
- 10.4. About MarketLine
- List of Tables
- Table 1: Global games software retail market value: $ million, 2016-21
- Table 2: Global games software retail market geography segmentation: $ million, 2021
- Table 3: Global games software retail market distribution: % share, by value, 2021
- Table 4: Global games software retail market value forecast: $ million, 2021-26
- Table 5: Tencent Holdings Limited: key facts
- Table 6: Tencent Holdings Limited: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 7: Tencent Holdings Limited: Key Employees
- Table 8: Tencent Holdings Limited: Key Employees Continued
- Table 9: Amazon.com, Inc.: key facts
- Table 10: Amazon.com, Inc.: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 11: Amazon.com, Inc.: Key Employees
- Table 12: Amazon.com, Inc.: Key Employees Continued
- Table 13: GameStop Corp: key facts
- Table 14: GameStop Corp: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 15: GameStop Corp: Key Employees
- Table 16: Rakuten Group Inc: key facts
- Table 17: Rakuten Group Inc: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 18: Rakuten Group Inc: Key Employees
- Table 19: Rakuten Group Inc: Key Employees Continued
- Table 20: Global exchange rate, 2017-21
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: Global games software retail market value: $ million, 2016-21
- Figure 2: Global games software retail market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2021
- Figure 3: Global games software retail market distribution: % share, by value, 2021
- Figure 4: Global games software retail market value forecast: $ million, 2021-26
- Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the global games software retail market, 2021
- Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the global games software retail market, 2021
- Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the global games software retail market, 2021
- Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global games software retail market, 2021
- Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global games software retail market, 2021
- Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global games software retail market, 2021
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