{"id":14336,"date":"2012-06-02T16:18:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T14:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=14336"},"modified":"2012-06-04T11:18:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T09:18:36","slug":"a-look-at-the-78-billion-video-games-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/14336\/a-look-at-the-78-billion-video-games-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at the $78 billion video games industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About 45,000 reporters, industry types and analysts will converge on Los Angeles for the E3 conference, sprawled across a space the size of eight U.S. football fields.<\/p>\n<p>This marquee event for the video game sector, running June 5-7, comes as the industry tries to cope with the rapid growth of online and mobile gaming and prepares for a jump into the next console cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a look at the industry and its major players.<\/p>\n<p><strong>REVENUE FORECASTS FOR 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Size of global traditional video game market revenue, excluding mobile games on smart phones and tablets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$70 billion, up from $65 billion in 2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Size of global video game market revenue, including mobile games on smart phones and tablets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$78.5 billion for 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Retail software revenue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$28 billion, down from $29.5 billion in 2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Online revenue, including digital delivery, subscriptions, Facebook games:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$24 billion, up from $18 billion in 2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Source: DFC Intelligence)<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONSOLE MAKERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Microsoft Corp<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>* Xbox 360 launched in the United States: November 2005<\/li>\n<li>* Xbox consoles sold: 67 million<\/li>\n<li>* Kinect motion sensors sold: 19 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Major initiative:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Microsoft\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/1715-Microsoft\">Microsoft<\/a> is expected to show off new entertainment features of its Xbox 360 and a new version of &#8220;Halo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sony Corp<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>* PlayStation3 launched in the United States and Japan: November 2006<\/li>\n<li>* As of March 31, PlayStation3 units sold: Over 63 million units<\/li>\n<li>* As of June 6, 2011, Sony Move motion sensors shipped: 8.8 million units<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Major initiative: <a title=\"Sony\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/1633-Sony\">Sony<\/a> is expected to push new games to boost sales of the Vita and PlayStation 3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nintendo Co Ltd<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>* Launched Wii in the United States: November 2006<\/li>\n<li>* Wii units shipped: More than 95 million<\/li>\n<li>* DS units shipped: More than 151 million<\/li>\n<li>* 3DS units: More than 17 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Major initiative: <a title=\"Nintendo\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/11857-Nintendo\">Nintendo<\/a> will finally unveil the first home console in six years at E3. Device is expected to feature HD graphics, a special tablet controller and motion sensors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Activision Blizzard<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Annual revenue: $4.8 billion<\/li>\n<li>Top franchises: &#8220;Call of Duty&#8221; and &#8220;World of Warcraft&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Electronic Arts Inc<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Annual revenue: $4.1 billion<\/li>\n<li>Top franchises: &#8220;The Sims&#8221; and &#8220;Madden NFL&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Take-Two Interactive Software<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Annual revenue: $826 million<\/li>\n<li>Top franchises: &#8220;Grand Theft Auto&#8221; and &#8220;Red Dead Redemption&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ubisoft<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Annual revenue: 1.06 billion euros<\/li>\n<li>Top franchises: &#8220;Assassin&#8217;s Creed&#8221; and &#8220;Prince of Persia&#8221; and Tom Clancy titles such as &#8220;Splinter Cell&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 45,000 reporters, industry types and analysts will converge on Los Angeles for the E3 conference, sprawled across a space the size of eight U.S. football fields<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2680,26,169,3000,385],"class_list":["post-14336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-gaming","tag-headline","tag-microsoft","tag-nintendo","tag-sony"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14336"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14339,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14336\/revisions\/14339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}