If you are looking at the online gaming global market key players, the list still remains more or less the same as you would have had it a decade back. You still have players like Microsoft, EA Sports and Tencent ruling the roost, and offering some great games for all to play. However, the nature of games itself has changed.
While there was a focus on just traditional PC gaming before, the online gaming industry now spans everything from PC's, consoles - both handheld and normal TV ones, as well as mobile games.
Think of the Xbox One for instance. It’s a hot favorite today. Supporting motion gaming, it helps you do a lot more than just playing games. There is a total integrated approach where the TV interacts with the viewer and is able to recognize the user. Microsoft will surely be looking to propel the sales of Xbox One, so you can expect some great deals on it too.
In fact, it is not just Microsoft who are looking to do more with gaming, there are other online sites like Winner that are looking to bring in more people to online gaming. If you get a Winner bonus in 2018, for instance, you can win big.
Who are the Top Global Market Key Players Today?
The gaming market is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 6.94% in the next five years, according to different analysts. This is because they expect the market to remain largely stable and witness some significant growth in the next few years. All the three markets, the Americas, the APAC and the EMEA are expected to witness growth during this period.
Some of the popular vendors, as we discussed above, remains EA Sports and Microsoft. Microsoft still has its monopoly over most things digital, whether it be the OS or the gaming market. Sure, it has lost out on a few things in the last decade - who uses Bing or Outlook any more? However, it still has a presence that you cannot ignore, especially if you consider how the company is now changing the tech world with its Surface Pro series.
The other competitors are Sony and Tencent, as well as Activision. These key players have made most of the games that you have played in your childhood, whether it be FIFA or action games like Spiderman.
Additionally, the different studies suggest that online gaming will rule the roost in the next few years and will be followed by console gaming. PC gaming is seeming to take a backseat for now, and we can understand why.
With increasing PC use today, people look at using PC's for a good many things and not just for games. Even if they do intend to play games, as many gamers do, consoles are what their favorites are. They have better consoles and who wouldn't want to try out an Xbox controller over their PC keyboard? It is these minute things that make PC gaming, well, not so popular today.