published: 08-Aug-07
territories: Canada, USA
categories: General market development

World video turns corner

World consumer spending on buying and renting video software fell for the first time in eight years in 2005. Consumers worldwide spent $51.8bn on video software in 2005 - down more than six percent on the amount spent in 2004. DVD software at a new high in 2005 - up five per cent compared with the previous year to $48.1bn - was insufficient to compensate for a 62 per cent fall to $3.4bn in VHS spending. In 2004 the digital format posted worldwide growth of 40 per cent, and retail sales of 1.9bn units. In 2005, growth slowed to 11 per cent in volume, generating retail sales of 2.1bn units.
published: 01-Nov-06
territories: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea. Rep [S], Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA - World
David Scott

Next-generation console games

Developers and publishers are lining up for fierce competition between the next generation of games consoles - Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Revolution. We analyse the runners and riders and the strategies likely to be followed.
published: 01-Mar-06
territories: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA - Central and Eastern Europe
Ed Barton