Worldwide Mobile and Handheld Gaming Forecast, 2023–2027: Mobile Gaming Adjusts to Its First-Ever Spending Drop

IDC Market Forecast Figure

• Figure: Worldwide Smartphone and Slate Tablet Gaming Revenue Snapshot

Executive Summary

Advice for Technology Suppliers

• Figure: Worldwide Mobile Game Downloads by Major OS, 2021 and 2022

Market Forecast

• Worldwide Forecast

• Local Mobile and Handheld Gaming Revenue

• Table: Worldwide Smartphone, Tablet, and Handheld Game Console Game Revenue and Handheld Game Console Hardware Revenue, 2017–2027 ($M)

• Figure: Worldwide Local Mobile Game Spending Share by Major OS, 2022

• Mobile Cloud-Streamed Game and Browser-Based Instant/HTML5/.IO Gaming Revenue

• Worldwide Mobile Gaming Device Installed Bases, Gamers, and ARPU

• Table: Worldwide Gaming Smartphone and Tablet Installed Base, Gamers, and ARPU, 2017–2027

• Figure: Worldwide Consumer Smartphone and Tablet Installed Base by Major OS, 2017–2027

• Figure: Worldwide Mobile Gamer ARPU by Region, 2022–2027

• Worldwide Handheld Console Shipments, Installed Bases, Gamers, and ARPU

• Table: Worldwide Handheld Game Console Hardware and Full Game Software Shipments, Installed Base, Gamers and Gamer ARPU, and Hardware ASP, 2017–2027 (000)

• Figure: Worldwide Handheld Game Console Revenue Share by Region, 2022–2027

• North America Forecast

• Table: North America Mobile Gaming Installed Base and Gamers and Handheld Game Console Hardware and Full Game Shipments, Installed Base, and Gamers, 2017–2027 (000)

• Table: North America Smartphone, Tablet, and Handheld Game Console Revenue and Handheld Hardware Revenue, 2017–2027 ($M)

• Western Europe Forecast

• Table: Western Europe Mobile Gaming Installed Base and Gamers and Handheld Game Console Hardware and Full Game Shipments, Installed Base, and Gamers, 2017–2027 (000)

• Table: Western Europe Smartphone, Tablet, and Handheld Game Console Game Revenue and Handheld Hardware Revenue, 2017–2027 ($M)

• Asia/Pacific Forecast

• Table: Asia/Pacific (Including Japan) Mobile Gaming Installed Base and Gamers and Handheld Game Console Hardware and Full Game Shipments, Installed Base, and Gamers, 2017–2027 (000)

• Table: Asia/Pacific (Including Japan) Smartphone, Tablet, and Handheld Game Console Software and Handheld Game Console Hardware Revenue, 2017–2027 ($M)

• Rest of World Forecast

• Table: Rest of World Mobile Gaming Installed Base and Gamers and Handheld Game Console Hardware and Full Game Shipments, Installed Base, and Gamers, 2017–2027 (000)

• Table: Rest of World Smartphone, Tablet, and Handheld Game Console Software and Handheld Game Console Hardware Revenue, 2017–2027 ($M)

Market Context

• Drivers and Inhibitors

• Drivers

• 5G Devices, Networks, and Services

• The IAA Business Model

• Inhibitors

• Denouement of the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Weak Near-Term Macroeconomic Conditions

• China's Gaming Crackdown

• Significant Market Developments

• Changes from Prior Forecast

• Figure: Worldwide Smartphone, Tablet, and Handheld Game Console Software and Handheld Game Console Hardware Revenue, 2017–2027: Comparison of March 2022 and March 2023 Forecasts

Market Definition

Methodology

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