Global Gaming Market Forecast 2014-2020 | Strategy | Overview | Size | Trends

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Global Gaming Market Forecast 2014-2020
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Table of contents

• Introduction
• Global Gaming Market Segmentation
• By Platforms
• By Demography
• Healthcare IT as a Service and its Benefits
• Market Determinants
• Drivers of Gaming Market
• Restraints of Gaming Market
• Challenges of Gaming Market
• Opportunities of Gaming Market
• Market share Analysis
• Key Strategies of Market Leaders
• Geography Analysis
• Market Estimation

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INTRODUCTION
The online gaming industry is moving ahead
rapidly with constant innovations. Multi-players,
role-playing games, and different genres of games
are in great demand. According to estimates,
almost 60 of the population in the US has access
to games and nearly 50 households own at least
one gaming console. While US and Europe are
currently the largest markets, Asia Pacific is
the fastest growing market led by China, Japan,
and India and will dominate the global gaming
market during the forecasted period.
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Global Gaming Market Segmentation
Gaming Market
Exhaustive segmentation estimations.
By GeographyNorth America -USA -Canada
Europe -UK -Spain -Germany -Italy -France
By Demography -Age -Gender
By Platforms-PC Games-Console Games-
Smart phone Games-Web Games-Tablet Games
APAC -China -Japan -India -Thailand
Source OBRC Analysis
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Global Gaming Market Segmentation By Platform
Gaming Market Insights and Growth Trends
Source OBRC Analysis
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Hard Core Gamers v/s Casual Gamers
Source OBRC Analysis
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Social Media Boosting Growth of Web Games
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Source OBRC Analysis
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Popularity of Game Genres in 2013

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Global Gaming Market Share Penetration by Gender
in (2011-2013)

Male
Female
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Source OBRC Analysis
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Percentage of Paying Gamers Vs Total Mobile
Gamers () on various platforms in 2013
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Source OBRC Analysis
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Global Gaming Market Share Penetration by OS
Platform in (2013-2020)

Source OBRC Analysis
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Market Drivers

• Freemium Models to cater wider range of audience
• Rising internet penetration driving online gaming
  market
• Expanding customer base

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Distribution of heath games by platforms in 2013

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Gamers preference for game selection by Gender
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Market Restraints

• Violent Gaming features - As the level of
  violence in video games has increased, so has the
  concern for the effects on those who play.
  According to psychologists, with increasing
  violence in games, the players are also becoming
  more violent.
• Health Concerns - Prolonged immobility associated
  with gaming may be an important factor associated
  with gaming health issues
• Social Consequences - The lack of social
  interactions that results from excessive gaming
  can have long-term consequences on the social
  life of the players
• Threat of Piracy - Software piracy is a critical
  issue in the video game industry. Most video game
  data can be taken from the original medium and
  distributed for free.

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Challenges in Gaming Market

• Easy entree fuelling competition in the industry
  - The online gaming and new business model has
  made it easier to create a start up, resulting in
  many small successful companies. Companies are
  facing stiff and unexpected competition from
  emerging developers.
• Core gamers criticizing Freemium model - Although
  freemium games have brought a competitive
  advantage to the gaming industry by widening the
  customer segment, the business model has been
  criticized by the core gamer segment.

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Global Gaming Market Share Analysis
Source OBRC Analysis