Today we are going to begin a deep analysis of the videogames market. Being a really big and complex job, only one article is not enough: I will divide this document in many parts, hoping to attract your attention and make you happy to participate and send us your feedback.

Wii , 360 and PS3

Some numbers to help you in following the next articles.

Market size: “The global market in 2003 was over 21 billion of dollars” (Source: OECD), taking into consideration both pc, console, mobile and online gaming. Alone, the console segment is worth 15 billions of dollars.

Competitors: as we are going to focus on console manufacturers, we will consider the “big 3”: Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony.

The history so far: if you need to be updated on the whole story, I would suggest you to take a brief look at this link. In this analysis I will focus on the present. Read more