HTML clipboardThe market has seen consistent growth over the last few years, with the exception of 2009, when market value fell by 5.7%. This was principally down to a lack of new products and the economic crisis, which caused consumers to reign in their spending on unnecessary items, such as video games.
 
 The range of consoles on the market at present has become somewhat stagnant in recent years and, as a result, the three main console manufacturers — Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft — have reacted by releasing extensions of their consoles that incorporate motion-sensitive technology, e.g. the Xbox Kinect. This new type of technology has proved extremely popular with consumers, although, a new generation of consoles will be needed in the next few years in order for market value to continue to improve.
 
 Since their release in 2007, smartphones have increased in popularity and provided a boost to market value. The hugely successful iPhone and Android phone ranges have been the main reasons behind the accelerated uptake of mobile phone gaming. Thousands of games are now available to download for free, while others can be bought to download at the relatively cheap price of 59 pence (p) or more. Although this price is a fraction of the price of dedicated console games, the volume of mobile phone games sold is much larger.
 
 However, like other similar creative industries, the market is suffering at the hands of Internet piracy. As a result, the industry has invested heavily in preventing consumers from downloading free copies of video games from the Internet by including a chip in consoles that disables this type of piracy. This new form of secure technology has been evident across the current generation of consoles and is expected to become even more sophisticated in the future.
 
 The UK is one of the largest consumers and producers of video games in the world. It sits alongside the US, Japan and other European countries, as one of the highest spenders on video games. The UK is the leading force in terms of video games development in Europe, and is home to 48 of the world’s top 100 development studios according to games developer, develop100.com.
 
 The video games market is forecast to see considerable growth in terms of value over the next 5 years, rising by 23.3% from £4.7m in 2011 to £5.8m in 2015. Furthermore, the next generation of consoles are expected to be released over the coming years, which should provide additional boosts to market value during the forecast period.
 
 Table of Contents :
 
 Foreword
 Executive Summary
 Market Definition
 REPORT COVERAGE
 MARKET SECTORS
 Video Gaming Hardware
 Video Gaming Software
 Video Gaming Accessories
 MARKET TRENDS
 Motion-Sensitive Games
 The Rise of the Casual Gamer
 The Rise of E-Commerce
 ECONOMIC TRENDS
 Population
 Gross Domestic Product
 Inflation
 Unemployment
 Household Disposable income
 MARKET POSITION
 The UK
 [(c)Overseas
 Market Size
 THE TOTAL MARKET
 BY MARKET SECTOR
 Software
 Hardware
 Accessories
 Industry Background
 RECENT HISTORY
 NUMBER OF COMPANIES
 [(c)EMPLOYMENT
 REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN THE MARKETPLACE
 DISTRIBUTION
 HOW ROBUST IS THE MARKET?
 LEGISLATION
 Age Restrictions
 
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