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Mar 2019 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS44976219
By:
Lewis Ward
Research Director, Gaming and VR/AR
While significant challenges to growth remain, proceedings at the March 2019 Game Developers Conference (GDC) made it clear that the game developer community continues to invest in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) projects an...
Oct 2018 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS44389318
By:
Lewis WardResearch Director, Gaming and VR/AR
Microsoft outlined the elements of a planned launch of cloud-streamed gaming services, which was hinted at during this year's E3 conference in June, on October 8. Project xCloud will enter public beta in 2019, and while Microsoft's vision a...
Sep 2018 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS44361018
By:
Bryan Ma
Vice President, Client Devices, Lewis WardResearch Director, Gaming and VR/AR
At this year's Oculus Connect event, which was held September 26–27, Facebook executives and key partners unveiled a new virtual reality (VR) headset, Oculus Quest, which will launch in the spring of 2019 and feature several hardware and so...
Jul 2019 | Market Note | Doc # US45327619
By:
Lewis WardResearch Director, Gaming and VR/AR
This IDC Market Note reviews and contextualizes the virtual and augmented reality news and demos offered up at the 2019 E3 gaming conference that took place in Los Angeles, California, during the week of June 9.
Jun 2019 | Market Note | Doc # US44694919
By:
Lewis WardResearch Director, Gaming and VR/AR
This IDC Market Note assesses the state of esports and places it into the context of the broader rise of video gameplay viewing behavior worldwide. It also contrasts where Valve stands, relative to Dota 2 in particular, with where Activisio...
May 2019 | Market Share | Doc # US43816119
By:
Lewis WardResearch Director, Gaming and VR/AR
This IDC study examines and contrasts the performance of the major home video game console hardware makers and associated game software providers in aggregate in 2018. Market share changes for the Switch, Wii U, Wii, PlayStation 4, PlayStat...
United States
Online gaming, Mobile consumer devices