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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.
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
Call of Duty deepens active service - 06 Sep 11
3D and gaming: The lay of the land - 16 Aug 11
First half 2011 games hardware: handhelds represent moving target; consoles on track - 11 Aug 11
Third-party games publisher quarterly assessment and forecasts - 21 Jul 11
EA acquires PopCap - deepens the digital roadmap - 18 Jul 11
Zynga's S-1 filing uncovers stronger than expected monetisation growth in 2010 - 12 Jul 11
E3: Sony conjures up attractive PS Vita pricing - 15 Jun 11
E3: Nintendo responds to Wii decline with two-screen vision - 15 Jun 11
E3: Microsoft maps out mass-market strategy - 15 Jun 11
Nintendo Reaches Transition Crossroads - 11 May 11
Games Market Monitor - Hardware & Software - 27 Apr 11
Nintendo 3DS early sales indicators - 27 Apr 11
PC Social Network Games, 2010: Outperformance boosts forecasts - 20 Apr 11
Nintendo outlines network services for the US - 04 Mar 11
Kinect outperforms 2010 expectations - 15 Feb 11
Activision Blizzard C4Q 2010 results and future strategy - 11 Feb 11
Sony Unveils Its Next Generation Handheld Console Strategy - 01 Feb 11
Emerging challenges to a transitioning games industry - 27 Jan 11
Games: The state of play - 20 Jan 11
Amazon UK begins games trade in service - 13 Dec 10
RockYou acquires TirNua - Makes bet on more complex social network games - 06 Dec 10
New sector data added to Games Intelligence - 23 Nov 10
