Lewis Ward

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Lewis Ward

Research Director, Gaming and VR/AR

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PCs and Gaming Continued to Shine at COMPUTEX 2021 Virtual

Jun 2021 | IDC Link | Doc # lcAP47966421

By: Bryan MaVice President, Client Devices, Lewis WardResearch Director, Gaming and VR/AR, Yexi LiaoMarket Analyst, IDC Asia/Pacific, Linn HuangResearch Vice President, Devices & Displays

Announcements at COMPUTEX 2021 Virtual centered on large silicon vendors, such as Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm, with each of them touting their latest advances to appeal to the PC-centric industry in Taiwan. All this translates into bet...
CES 2021 Brought the Gaming Laptop Heat

Jan 2021 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS47386321

By: Lewis WardResearch Director, Gaming and VR/AR

At CES 2021, some of gaming's biggest brands and OEMs showed off sexy new PC hardware that will definitely raise the bar on laptop gaming, especially and under the surface, these systems reveal part of the evolving competitive dynamic betwe...
Stadia Turns One — Gets Easier to Use and Supports iOS, But the Field Hasn't Stood Still

Dec 2020 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS47223221

By: Lewis WardResearch Director, Gaming and VR/AR

Google's cloud-streamed gaming (CSG) service celebrated its first anniversary in November, and in the past week, it announced easier 30-minute free trials, iOS browser support, and four new games coming to its Pro subscription service in Ja...

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Market Analysis Perspective: Worldwide Gaming and eSports, 2021

Sep 2021 | Market Analysis Perspective | Doc # US47267721

By: Lewis WardResearch Director, Gaming and VR/AR

This IDC Market Analysis Perspective provides a high-level view of the video game industry in 2021 and projects several key market segments through 2025. Total gamers, revenue/spending, and other metrics are broken down into three main bran...
Worldwide Digital PC and Mac Gaming Forecast, 2021-2025

Sep 2021 | Market Forecast | Doc # US47267621

By: Lewis WardResearch Director, Gaming and VR/AR

This study forecasts the digital PC gaming marketplace through 2025 in four geographic regions: North America, Western Europe, Asia/Pacific (including Japan), and a combined Rest of World region. The digital PC gaming market includes spendi...
Worldwide Cloud-Streamed Gaming Forecast, 2021–2025: A Slow-Burn Disruption with a Twist

Sep 2021 | Market Forecast | Doc # US47267521

By: Lewis WardResearch Director, Gaming and VR/AR

This IDC study examines the cloud-streamed gaming market from 2019 to 2025. It considers users (MAUs), hours of use (in billions), and revenue growth ($M) worldwide in four geographic regions: North America, Western Europe, Asia/Pacific (in...

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Analyst Location

United States

Coverage

Mobile consumer devices, Online gaming

Regions

Worldwide, North America

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