Online sales of games are the largest area of growth and they could surpass retail sales as early as 2013, said David Cole, DFC analyst. Games also are shifting away from dedicated game consoles and to multi-purpose devices such as smart phones.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Video Game Sales to Grow
Video game sales are expected to grow from $66 billion worldwide in 2010 to $81 billion by 2016, boosted by a shift to online delivery, according to DFC Intelligence.
Online sales of games are the largest area of growth and they could surpass retail sales as early as 2013, said David Cole, DFC analyst. Games also are shifting away from dedicated game consoles and to multi-purpose devices such as smart phones.
Online sales of games are the largest area of growth and they could surpass retail sales as early as 2013, said David Cole, DFC analyst. Games also are shifting away from dedicated game consoles and to multi-purpose devices such as smart phones.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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