{"id":16997,"date":"2019-03-08T03:46:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T03:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/?p=16997"},"modified":"2019-03-07T19:52:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T19:52:32","slug":"online-console-video-game-sales-expected-to-pass-packaged-sales-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/online-console-video-game-sales-expected-to-pass-packaged-sales-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Console Video Game Sales Expected to Pass Packaged Sales in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DFC Intelligence just released its latest global <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/product\/worldwide-video-game-console-forecasts\/\">video game console market forecast<\/a>.\u00a0 This included initial estimates for console systems expected to launch in 2020 and beyond.\u00a0 Of course, one of the biggest issues is the growing digital delivery of software on console systems.\u00a0 DFC Intelligence forecasts that revenue from digital delivery of console software will pass sales of packaged software in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The movement to digital delivery has been a gradual evolution of the industry.\u00a0 Packaged sales and digital delivery were almost equal in 2018.\u00a0 In 2019, 53% of the forecasted $24 billion in revenue is expected to be from digital sales.\u00a0 By 2023 that number is expected to increase to 65%.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that much of this move to digital is additive in terms of overall revenue.\u00a0 Packaged revenue is expected to remain fairly steady while digital revenue increases.\u00a0 Furthermore, much of the digital revenue will still be sold at retail in the form of prepaid cards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/consolesales1.png\" alt=\"video game console market forecast\" width=\"480\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/consolesales1.png 480w, https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/consolesales1-300x286.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Saying that sales will be moving from packaged to digital does not really explain the whole story.\u00a0 Therefore DFC is expanding its forecasting categories throughout 2019.\u00a0 You can see our overview of some of these changes in this article.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rAnzaQy59Q\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/forecasting-new-video-game-platforms-and-market-opportunities\/\">Forecasting New Video Game Platforms and Market Opportunities<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/forecasting-new-video-game-platforms-and-market-opportunities\/embed\/#?secret=rAnzaQy59Q\" data-secret=\"rAnzaQy59Q\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Forecasting New Video Game Platforms and Market Opportunities&#8221; &#8212; DFC Dossier\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The main goal is to focus on the total addressable market (TAM) in any given segment.\u00a0 Some segments will be more suited for specific products.\u00a0 There are different distribution and business model considerations that need to be considered.\u00a0 DFC\u2019s goal is to cover both the business model\/platform and distribution issues as well as forecast the expected market size.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its long-predicted demise, the console market is expected to grow to record levels over the next five years.\u00a0 DFC Intelligence forecasts sales for both video game console hardware and software to reach $47 billion in 2022.\u00a0 This is up 67% over 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly this is in conjunction with expected growth in the core PC game market.\u00a0 There is an important crossover demographic between PC and console games that is just now coming to its strongest fruition.<\/p>\n<p>Overall it is an exciting time because business models will be changing.\u00a0 This means a potential shakeup among the established players.\u00a0 It also creates significant opportunities for savvy newcomers.\u00a0 Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/product\/worldwide-video-game-console-forecasts\/\">The forecasts are available now in multiple formats<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DFC Intelligence just released its latest global video game console market forecast.\u00a0 This included initial estimates for console systems expected to launch in 2020 and beyond.\u00a0 Of course, one of the biggest issues is the growing digital delivery of software on console systems.\u00a0 DFC Intelligence forecasts that revenue from digital delivery of console software will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49,168],"tags":[6,450,76,12,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17002,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16997\/revisions\/17002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}