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| | June 1, 2005 - 4:49:14am (edit: 1/18/07 - 5:45pm) | 1 of 6 | | | Login |
| Since it's interesting, I dug up some US video games industry market sales statistics for the last few years. I'll look for some more years and regions too.
US Total Game Software Sales
1995 - $3.2 billion
1996 - $3.7 billion (105 million units)
1997 - $4.4 billion (133 million units)
1998 - $5.5 billion (181 million units)
1999 - $6.1 billion (215 million units)
2000 - $6.02 billion (219 million units)
2001 - $6.35 billion (225 million units)
2002 - $6.9 billion (221.7 million units)
2003 - $7 billion (239.2 million units)
2004 - $7.3 billion (250 million units)
2005 - $7 billion (228.5 million units)
2006 - $7.4 billion
US Console & Handheld Total Sales
1997 - $5.1 billion
1998 - $6.2 billion
1999 - $6.9 billion
2000 - $6.6 billion
2001 - $9.4 billion
2002 - $10.3 billion
2003 - $10 billion
2004 - $9.9 billion
2005 - $10.3 billion
2006 - $12.5 billion
US Console & Handheld Hardware Sales
1998 - $2.5 billion
1999 - $2.7 billion
2000 - $2.5 billion
2001 - $4.8 billion
2002 - $4.8 billion
2003 - $4.2 billion
2004 - $3.7 billion
2005 - $4.2 billion
2006 - $4.6 billion ($2.9 billion console + $1.7 billion handheld)
US Console & Handheld Game Software Sales
1998 - $3.7 billion
1999 - $4.2 billion
2000 - $4.1 billion (130.6 million units)
2001 - $4.6 billion (141.5 million units)
2002 - $5.5 billion (162.8 million units)
2003 - $5.8 billion (186.4 million units)
2004 - $6.2 billion (203 million units)
2005 - $6.1 billion (190.5 million units)
2006 - $6.5 billion
US PC Game Total Sales
2005 - $1.4 billion
US PC Game Software Sales
1998 - $1.8 billion
1999 - $1.9 billion
2000 - $1.78 billion (84.9 million units)
2001 - $1.75 billion (83.6 million units)
2002 - $1.4 billion (61.5 million units)
2003 - $1.2 billion (52.8 million units)
2004 - $1.1 billion (47 million units)
2005 - $953 million (38 million units)
2006 - $970 million
US PC Game Online Sales
2005 - $344 million
US Console Game Software Sales
2002 - $4.65 billion
2003 - $4.9 billion (149 million units)
2004 - $5.2 billion (160.7 million units)
2005 - $4.7 billion
2006 - $4.8 billion
US Handheld Game Software Sales
2002 - $856 million
2003 - $903 million (37.4 million units)
2004 - $1.0 billion (42.3 million units)
2005 - $1.4 billion
2006 - $1.7 billion
Worldwide Handheld Hardware & Software Sales
2003 - $3.9 billion
2007 Forecast - $11.1 billion
Worldwide Total Game Hardware & Software Sales
2002 - $20.7 billion
2003 - $23.2 billion
2005 - $29 billion
2011 Forecast - $44 billion
Worldwide Total Game Software Sales
2004 - $18 billion
2010 Forecast - $26 billion
The stats are based on retail sales. Online game subscriptions and digital distribution are not included. And that online gaming market is increasing rapidly, especially with PC gamers. UPDATE: Starting with 2005, NPD tracks online PC sales.
http://www.theesa.com/archives/2005/02/computer_and_vi.php
http://www.theesa.com/archives/2004/01/computer_and_vi_1.php
http://www.theesa.com/archives/2003/01/computer_and_vi_3.php
http://www.dfcint.com/news/prsep222004.html
http://www.dfcint.com/news/prjune2005.html |
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| | June 2, 2005 - 3:53:10am | 2 of 6 | | | Login |
| In a Capcom financial report, I found regional market sizes for total game software.
Japan
2000 - $1.9
2001 - $1.8
2002 - $2.4
2003 - $2.7
2004 - $3.5
2005 - $2.8 (estimated)
2006 - $2.9 (estimated)
2007 - $3.1 (estimated)
North America
2000 - $3.3
2001 - $4.9
2002 - $7.0
2003 - $7.5
2004 - $7.7
2005 - $7.3 (estimated)
2006 - $7.6 (estimated)
2007 - $9.1 (estimated)
Europe
2000 - $2.7
2001 - $3.1
2002 - $4.3
2003 - $5.5
2004 - $6.3
2005 - $6.2 (estimated)
2006 - $6.7 (estimated)
2007 - $7.5 (estimated)
All numbers are in billions of US dollars.
“Share ratio by each software market; Japan 2 : North America 5 : Europe 3”
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/fotox/capcom_market.gif#
http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/fy2005b.pdf |
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| | A breif look seems to reveal that europe doesn't buy as many games as Japan or America (based on population). Japan only seems to spend about half as much on games, but as their population is half that of the US, it equals out.
However, the total population of just the 'major' European countries (the ones that seem to be targeted by publishers); Britain, France, Germany, Spain & Italy, is also about equal to the US population, yet spends much less on games comparativly.
I wonder why? |
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| | June 3, 2005 - 2:11:31am (edit: 9/26/06 - 4:42pm) | 4 of 6 | | | Login |
| In my search, I found total sales for Japanese game publishers based on CESA data. This includes sales inside (domestic) and outside (overseas) of Japan.
Software
1997 - ¥538
1998 - ¥567.0
1999 - ¥562.8
2000 - ¥577.9
2001 - ¥517.4
2002 - ¥474.7
2003 - ¥429.9
2004 - ¥468.4
2005 - ¥487.1
Hardware
1997 - ¥510
1998 - ¥482.3
1999 - ¥454.6
2000 - ¥539.9
2001 - ¥940.1
2002 - ¥787.7
2003 - ¥704.5
2004 - ¥440.7
2005 - ¥872.7
I only found a few years with domestic and overseas sales separate.
Domestic Software
2001 - ¥264.2
2002 - ¥249.2
2003 - ¥230.6
2004 - ¥235.8
2005 - ¥314.1
Domestic Hardware
2001 - ¥221.1
2002 - ¥139.7
2003 - ¥118.4
2004 - ¥200.3
2005 - ¥182.4
Overseas Software
2001 - ¥253.2
2002 - ¥225.5
2003 - ¥199.3
2004 - ¥232.7
2005 - ¥173.0
Overseas Hardware
2001 - ¥718.9
2002 - ¥648.0
2003 - ¥586.1
2004 - ¥240.4
2005 - ¥690.3
All numbers are in billions of yen.
http://www.c-direct.ne.jp/english/divide/10106426/6426_03/6426_03.pdf
http://www.c-direct.ne.jp/english/divide/10106426/6426_04/6426_03.pdf
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/07/26/news_6103414.html
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/27/news_6126620.html
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6155650.html |
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| | | is ther anyway i can get fore casted values for 2007 to 2011 for US video game software |
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| | | Is this number for pc games (2006 - $970 million) including pc online sales? |
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