Video Game Market Segmentation

The Landscape of the $150 Billion Video Game Industry

The week before E3, DFC Intelligence previewed its new video game market segmentation on Venture Beat. The article, written by DFC analyst David Cole was entitled the $150 billion video game landscape: 7 segments to watch. The goal of this landscape is to provide observers of the $150 billion video game industry with a greater look at the complexity of the video game industry. This.....

E3 2018 Roundup Part One

Another E3 has come and gone and it is time to assess where the video game industry is headed.  In a few weeks, DFC Intelligence will be releasing its latest industry forecasts as well as providing analysis of over 400 upcoming games for console and PC.  In the mean time we thought we would provide a two-part E3 2018 Roundup. In our E3 2018 Roundup we are going to focus on several issues. In part one, our major trends include: The strength of AAA games in a world .....
Super Smash Bros and Fortnite are Nintendo’s E3 2018 Major Products

Super Smash Bros and Fortnite are Nintendo’s E3 2018 Major Products

Nintendo is pretty good at doing a great deal with just a little.  Two years ago, the company focused on only one product at E3, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. At Nintendo’s E3 2018, Super Smash Bros Ultimate and Fortnite were the clear standout highlights.  Neither came as a surprise. Fortnite on the Nintendo Switch is a big deal.  This game is massively popular with the Nintendo demographic.  The ability to play a version both on the television and in a portable version i.....

At E3 2018 Microsoft Looks to the Future

News For several years, the major console manufacturers have nicely staggered their big press conferences.  Traditionally, Microsoft goes first on the Sunday before the show starts.  So Sunday June 10 the Microsoft press conference launched the start of E3 2018 (assuming one does not consider Saturday’s EA Play event an official part of E3).  Going into E3 2018 Microsoft faced a difficult task.  The company has very few exclusives for 2018 and sales have not been strong for the.....

Market for High-End PC Game Hardware Grows 40% in 2017 to $40 Billion

The overall market for video game software soared past $100 billion in 2017. However, this is only a portion of the overall video game ecosystem. A major story over the past year has been the incredible growth in spending on game related hardware. This is not just dedicated console game systems, but spending on high-end PC systems.  DFC Intelligence has just released its latest PC Game Hardware Forecast.....

Analyzing the Nintendo Switch After One Year: Nintendo Labo

As we have mentioned in past posts, Nintendo is a Japanese toy company that also happens to make video games. No product better describes this reality than the new Nintendo Labo. The Labo was a surprise announcement in January of this year, for launch in April. Labo officially launched in the United States and Japan on April 20, 2018. This will be followed by a Europe launch on April 27th. Labo clearly looks to be a hit in Japan, but the fairly-muted reaction to the product outsi.....

Will Nintendo Switch Make Money for Third-Party Developers?

The successful launch of the Nintendo Switch in March 2017 took many in the game industry by surprise. Of course, the same reaction happened over a decade before with the launch of the Nintendo Wii. The latest DFC Intelligence brief on the Switch, forecasts continued success for the system. However, these forecast come with warnings that the Switch is still a fairly modest player in the overall video.....

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