Video Games : Industry Trends, Monetisation Strategies & Market Size 2020-2025

• Market Landscape: Assessment of the types of games and monetisation in the market, including discussion of the impact of COVID-19 and other macro trends that will affect the future of the video games.
• Value Chain Analysis: Analysis of each component of the video games value chain, showing how business models are evolving and incorporating a wider range of monetisation practices. Includes discussion of the following monetisation models:
  • Game purchase and digital storefronts
  • In-game purchases
  • Subscription revenues
  • Advertising spend
• Video Games Leaderboard: Analyses 15 key video games publishers, including commentary on each player’s strategy. Scored vendors include:
  • Activision-Blizzard
  • Apple
  • Electronic Arts
  • Epic Games
  • Gog.com
  • Google
  • King Digital Entertainment
  • Microsoft
  • NVIDIA
  • Sony
  • Supercell
  • Tencent
  • Ubisoft
  • Valve
  • Zenimax Media
• Benchmark Industry Forecasts: Market segment forecasts for key video games sectors, including:
  • Cloud Gaming
  • Console Gaming
  • Mobile Gaming
  • PC Gaming

1. Which monetisation models are most likely to succeed in the modern games market?
2. How successful will cloud gaming offerings be?
3. Who will benefit most from cloud gaming and Games-as-a-Service?
4. What role does hardware have to play in modern games?
5. Where can mobile games and other platforms benefit each other?

Case Studied: Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Google, Niantic, Nintendo, The Pokémon Company.
 
Included in Juniper Research Leaderboard: Activision-Blizzard, Apple, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, GOG.com, Google, King Media Entertainment, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Sony, Supercell, Tencent, Ubisoft, Valve, Zenimax Media.
 
Mentioned: Activision, Inc, Amazon, Apple, Asus, Azure, Blade, Capcom, Chet Faliszek, Disney, the Dutch Gaming Authority, ESPN, Eververse, Facebook, the Gambling Commission, GameFly, Gamesight, GameSpot, GDC (Game Developers Conference), GlobalWebIndex, Hagenuk, the House of Lords, HTC, Hulu, Humble Choice, IGN, Industrial Toys, Kolibri, Konami, LendEU, Lion Studios, LucasArts, McArthur Law, NBA, NFL, Netflix, Next Games, Nokia, OnePlus, Pan European Game Information (PEGI), Razer, Riot Games, Samsung, Sega, Sensor Tower, SIE Worldwide Studios, SK Telecom, Spotify, Steam, Stray Bombay, the Advertising Standards Authority, the University of York, the Wall Street Journal, T-Mobile, Twitch, Ubisoft, Valve, Variety, Verizon, Vivendi Games, Vodafone, Vortex, Walmart, WeGame, WeHype, YouTube, ZhanQi TV.
 

Juniper Research’s latest Video Games forecast includes:

• PC Gaming forecasts, including:
  • PC platform subscription revenues (including cloud gaming)
  • PC game-based subscription revenues
  • PC in-game content revenue
  • PC game purchase revenue
  • Number of PC games and platform subscribers
  • Number of PC games bought
  • Number of PC games used
  • Number of PCs used for gaming
• Console Gaming forecasts, including:
  • Number of consoles in use
  • Number of consoles shipped
  • Number of console games used
  • Number of console games bought
  • Number of console games and platform subscribers
  • Console game purchase revenue
  • Console hardware purchase revenue
  • Console in-game content revenue
  • Console game-based subscription revenues
  • Console platform subscription revenues (including cloud gaming)
• Mobile Gaming forecasts, including
  • Number of smartphones and tablets used for gaming
  • Number of mobile games downloaded
  • Number of mobile games played
  • Number of Pay-Per-Download mobile games downloaded
  • Number of mobile game platform subscribers
  • Mobile game purchase revenue
  • Mobile in-app content revenue
  • Mobile platform subscription revenues (including cloud gaming)
  • Mobile advertising spend
• Standalone VR gaming forecasts, including:
  • Number of standalone VR headsets in use
  • Number of standalone VR games played
  • Number of standalone VR games bought
  • Standalone VR games purchase revenue
  • Standalone VR games in-game purchase revenue
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Geographical splits: 26 countries

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We expect the video games market to be worth over $200 billion in 2023; growing at a CAGR of 18% between 2020 and 2023.

• Cloud gaming will remain under 25% of overall subscription revenue generated in the forecast period. Despite a strong start, we do not expect cloud-based subscriptions to overtake non-cloud subscriptions within the forecast period, because the latter has far freer access to markets which do not have a strong Internet infrastructure, when compared with cloud gaming. In addition, present cloud gaming models are priced higher than their non-cloud counterparts; making them less attractive outside of the affluent regions of North America and Europe. We do however expect that to change as cheaper models become available in China.
• Overall video game subscriptions will grow at an average rate of 11% per year; reaching over $8 billion in annual revenue in 2023. However, this will not immediately compensate for declining purchase revenue.
• We anticipate mobile cloud gaming revenue to grow at an average of 11% per annum, as large technology firms join existing specialists in this area. We expect most of the revenue from this growth to go to players like Apple and Google, but it will become more evenly spread throughout the forecast period, as existing games companies enter this space.