Piers has been the lead games analyst at Screen Digest since 2005. As head of the games team he leads projects in games related consulting, produces industry leading reports on games markets and manages the development and expansion of the games intelligence service into new areas of coverage including the various online games sectors such as the online console market, social network games and MMOGs. He is an acknowledged expert in packaged and online games sectors and is quoted widely in the press on these subjects.
Prior to joining Screen Digest, Piers gained over eight years experience working as a leading analyst of the IT services and software industries involved in both consulting projects and published research for high profile international companies. He has written widely on the games market and recent examples of his work include the following major reports: Digital Distribution of Games, examining the digital download and Games on Demand markets in Europe and North America and Subscription MMOGs: Life Beyond World of Warcraft, which is a benchmark analysis of the massively multiplayer online games markets in Europe and North America.
Games: State of Play August 2010 | 09 Aug 10
First half 2010 games hardware review | 02 Aug 10
Social Network Games: Casual Games' New Growth Engine | 09 Jul 10
Nintendo kicks off new hardware cycle at E3 | 16 Jun 10
2009 overview and new forecasts | 11 Feb 10
Big Media Investment in Games: The competitive challenge | 11 Feb 10
PS3 unit sales update for UK, 2009 | 07 Jan 10
Gaming's On-Demand Future | 15 Sep 09
Disney Can Unlock Marvel's Value in the Games Sector | 03 Sep 09
Sony's slim move is right to come now | 27 Aug 09
Hardware innovations shown at E3 | 17 Jul 09
PSP Go forecasts added to intelligence service | 10 Jul 09
E3 notes and impressions: Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo | 12 Jun 09
Games Market Monitor: Hardware Q1 2009 | 19 May 09
Retailers in digital games handling | 12 May 09
First quarter year-on-year hardware sales | 11 May 09
Subscription MMOGs: Operator Performance Review | 01 May 09
Game retailers develop transactional role in digital distribution and online services | 22 Apr 09
Subscription MMOGs: Life beyond World of Warcraft | 30 Mar 09
New MMOG report available | 27 Mar 09
Nintendo Drives Games Market to Record Levels | 13 Feb 09
2008 Overview | 08 Feb 09
Japanese games market softens | 20 Jan 09
Final tweaks to PAL year end forecasts | 04 Dec 08
Games Hardware: GMI cuts FY PS3 sales guidance | 12 Nov 08
Microsoft games strategy evolves | 15 Oct 08
Nintendo deploys DSi upgrade to re-ignite Japanese demand | 04 Oct 08