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Game Platforms 2005: More Competitors With
Convergence Devices |
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A suddenly active
handheld market became even more crowded over
the past year. With the release of three new
consoles, the handheld market is a long way
from the time when the Game Boy was the only
game in town. While three years ago, the market
was essentially limited to a single device,
there are now six handhelds on the market.
The primary result of the recent entrants
to this market is to skew the handheld demographic
older. The primary means to do this is to
offer more graphics-intensive gaming, as well
as other functionality in addition to gaming.
Different platforms offer different capabilities,
which include: digital audio and video playback,
digital photo viewing, mobile phone, PDA,
camera, instant messaging, and even GPS capability.
The result is that handheld game consoles
are morphing into portable media convergence
devices.
This report includes in-depth analysis
and forecasts for all handheld platforms.
Annual handheld shipments and handheld revenue
forecasts through 2009 are provided for the
Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP, Nintendo DS,
Sony PSP, Nokia N-Gage, Tapwave Zodiac and
Gizmondo. Geographic shipment breakdowns for
2004 and 2005 are provided for each console.
Results from In-Stat’s Residential Technology
Survey on handheld platforms are also provided.
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- Executive
Summary
- Methodology
- Handheld
Game Console Survey Results
- Handheld
Consoles
- Nintendo
Game Boy Advance/Advance SP
- Platform
- Marketing
- Nintendo
Game Boy Shipment Forecast
- Nintendo
DS
- Platform
- Marketing
- Nintendo
DS Shipment Forecast
- Sony
PSP
- Platform
- Marketing
- Sony
PSP Shipment Forecast
- Nokia
N-Gage
- Platform
- Marketing
- Nokia
N-Gage Shipment Forecast
- Tapwave
Zodiac
- Platform
- Marketing
- Tapwave
Zodiac Shipment Forecast
- Gizmondo
- Platform
- Marketing
- Gizmondo
Shipment Forecast
- Handheld
Market Review & Handheld Market Forecasts
- Table 1. Game Boy
Advance/Advance SP Shipment & Revenue Forecast (Units & $ in
Thousands)
- Table 2. Game Boy
Next Generation Shipment & Revenue Forecast (Units & $ in Thousands)
- Table 3. Nintendo
DS Shipment & Revenue Forecast (Units & $ in Thousands)
- Table 4. Nintendo
DS 2 Shipment & Revenue Forecast (Units & $ in Thousands)
- Table 5. Sony PSP
Shipment & Revenue Forecast 2004 - 2008 (Units & $ in Thousands)
- Table 6. Sony PSP
2 Shipment & Revenue Forecast 2004 - 2008 (Units & $ in Thousands)
- Table 7. Nokia
N-Gage Shipment & Revenue Forecast 2003 - 2008 (Units & $ in
Thousands)
- Table 8. Tapwave
Zodiac Shipment & Revenue Forecast 2003 - 2008 (Units & $ in
Thousands)
- Table 9. Gizmondo
Shipment & Revenue Forecast 2003 - 2008 (Units & $ in Thousands)
- Table 10. Total
Handheld Gaming Platform Shipment & Revenue Forecast 2003 - 2008
(Units & $ in Thousands)
- Figure 1. Total
Handheld Gaming Platform Shipment Forecast 2003 - 2009 (Units in Thousands)
- Figure 2. How likely
are you to buy a handheld game such as the Nintendo DS, Game Boy, Nokia
N-Gage, or Sony PSP in the next 12 months? (N=1,000)
- Figure 3. Nintendo
Game Boy Advance SP
- Figure 4. Nintendo
GBA/GBA SP - Regional Unit Shipment Breakdown 2004 & 2005
- Figure 5. Nintendo
DS
- Figure 6. Nintendo
DS - Regional Unit Shipment Breakdown 2004 & 2005
- Figure 7. Sony
PSP
- Figure 8. Sony
PSP - Regional Unit Shipment Breakdown 2004 & 2005
- Figure 9. Nokia
N-Gage QD
- Figure 10. Nokia
N-Gage - Regional Unit Shipment Breakdown 2004 & 2005
- Figure 11. Tapwave
Zodiac
- Figure 12. Tapwave
Zodiac - Regional Unit Shipment Breakdown 2004 & 2005
- Figure 13. Gizmondo
- Figure 14. Gizmondo
- Regional Unit Shipment Breakdown 2004 & 2005
- Figure 15. Total
Handheld Gaming Platform Shipment Forecast 2003 - 2008 (Units in Thousands)
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