Global Home Entertainment Software

Introduction

Global Home Entertainment Software industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Global home entertainment software market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The global home entertainment software industry includes manufacturers of home entertainment software and educational software used primarily in the home. The market value is calculated through retail sales prices (RSP). Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2010 average exchange rates.

*The global home entertainment software industry had total revenues of $29.6 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.7% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

*The Console Software segment was the industry's most lucrative in 2010, with total revenues of $22.8 billion, equivalent to 77.2% of the industry's overall value.

*The performance of the industry is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 4.4% for the five-year period 2010 - 2015, which is expected to drive the industry to a value of $36.6 billion by the end of 2015.

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Key Questions Answered

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 7
Market definition 7
Research highlights 8
Market analysis 9
MARKET VALUE 10
MARKET SEGMENTATION I 11
MARKET SEGMENTATION II 12
MARKET SHARE 13
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 14
Summary 14
Buyer power 16
Supplier power 17
New entrants 18
Substitutes 20
Rivalry 21
LEADING COMPANIES 22
Electronic Arts Inc. 22
Microsoft Corporation 26
Nintendo Co., Ltd. 29
Sony Corporation 32
MARKET FORECASTS 36
Market value forecast 36
APPENDIX 37
Methodology 37
Industry associations 38
Related Datamonitor research 38
Disclaimer 40
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 41
Premium Reports 41
Summary Reports 41
Datamonitor consulting 41

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Global home entertainment software market value: $ billion, 2006–10 10
Table 2: Global home entertainment software market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 11
Table 3: Global home entertainment software market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 12
Table 4: Global home entertainment software market share: % share, by value, 2010 13
Table 5: Electronic Arts Inc.: key facts 22
Table 6: Electronic Arts Inc.: key financials ($) 24
Table 7: Electronic Arts Inc.: key financial ratios 24
Table 8: Microsoft Corporation: key facts 26
Table 9: Microsoft Corporation: key financials ($) 27
Table 10: Microsoft Corporation: key financial ratios 27
Table 11: Nintendo Co., Ltd.: key facts 29
Table 12: Nintendo Co., Ltd.: key financials ($) 30
Table 13: Nintendo Co., Ltd.: key financials (¥) 30
Table 14: Nintendo Co., Ltd.: key financial ratios 30
Table 15: Sony Corporation: key facts 32
Table 16: Sony Corporation: key financials ($) 33
Table 17: Sony Corporation: key financials (¥) 33
Table 18: Sony Corporation: key financial ratios 34
Table 19: Global home entertainment software market value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 36

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Global home entertainment software market value: $ billion, 2006–10 10
Figure 2: Global home entertainment software market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 11
Figure 3: Global home entertainment software market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 12
Figure 4: Global home entertainment software market share: % share, by value, 2010 13
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the global home entertainment software market, 2010 14
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the global home entertainment software market, 2010 16
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the global home entertainment software market, 2010 17
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global home entertainment software market, 2010 18
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global home entertainment software market, 2010 20
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global home entertainment software market, 2010 21
Figure 11: Electronic Arts Inc.: revenues & profitability 25
Figure 12: Electronic Arts Inc.: assets & liabilities 25
Figure 13: Microsoft Corporation: revenues & profitability 28
Figure 14: Microsoft Corporation: assets & liabilities 28
Figure 15: Nintendo Co., Ltd.: revenues & profitability 31
Figure 16: Nintendo Co., Ltd.: assets & liabilities 31
Figure 17: Sony Corporation: revenues & profitability 34
Figure 18: Sony Corporation: assets & liabilities 35
Figure 19: Global home entertainment software market value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 36