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Piers Harding-Rolls, Senior Principal Analyst, Head of Games

Piers Harding-Rolls

As head of games research at IHS, Piers Harding-Rolls leads a team of analysts tracking the evolution of the games sector across all major packaged game and digital games segments. He is regularly quoted across specialist and consumer press on games-related topics and is an acknowledged expert in the market transition from physical media to digital games opportunities. Prior to joining the company in 2005, he worked for eight years as a leading analyst of the IT services and software industries involved in both consulting projects and published research for high profile international companies. His recent research includes analysis of the PC social networking games opportunity and multiplayer online games, tracking adoption of new business models, the evolving multi-channel retail model, and online console connectivity, strategies and trends.



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Research by Piers Harding-Rolls

TV Gaming: Ripe For Disruption? - 16 May 13

Updates to Streaming Games Data - 28 Feb 13

PlayStation 4 announcement underlines Sony's more determined console stance - 21 Feb 13

Changes to online console transaction forecasts - 14 Feb 13

Games: State of Play - 24 Jan 13

Panel discussion: The future of the console - Does it have one and if so, what is it? - 24 Jan 13

CES 2013: Streaming Games Announcements Reflect Fragmented Industry Jostling For Position - 15 Jan 13

CES 2013: Multiple TV & Android Gaming Devices Emerge - 14 Jan 13

Nintendo Wii U launch figures, what we know - 08 Jan 13

World - Q3 2012 year-to-date hardware performance - 06 Nov 12

Sony unveils new PS3 model at Tokyo Game Show - 24 Sep 12

Nintendo Wii U Launch Plans and TVii announcement - 14 Sep 12

Russian online games market data changes - 17 Aug 12

Games on connected TVs: an industry readies Itself to execute - 08 Aug 12

Zynga turns into a headwind - 26 Jul 12

Gaikai acquisition: Sony Computer Entertainment makes positive move to deliver 'One Sony' target for games - 04 Jul 12

Xbox SmartGlass: Multi-Screen Vision Reaches Out Beyond Windows - 14 Jun 12

Games publishers dependent on catalogue and digital to drive Q1 - 27 Apr 12

Console market enters transition zone - 05 Apr 12

LG and Unity Technology partner for smart TV gaming - 07 Mar 12

Games market forecast adjustments: hardware, software, Move, Kinect and online console data - 15 Feb 12

World - Top line 2011 market summary - 13 Feb 12

Japan 2011 market performance summary - 24 Jan 12

Games: CES 2012 Round Up - 20 Jan 12

New data additions to online console - 06 Dec 11

Games: State of Play - 17 Nov 11

Games Retailers Go Digital - 27 Oct 11

USA total games content overview: boxed, digital & mobile - 2010 spend beats 2008 high, but bumpy ride ahead - 06 Oct 11

Microsoft's Windows 8 announcements: Xbox Live Integration & Windows Store - 20 Sep 11

New MMOG & MOG data added to Games Intelligence - 09 Sep 11

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