Week 2 EOC: Boston Consulting Group - Video Games

"In 2015, global mobile game revenues will eclipse console game revenues for the first time. Newzoo expects that mobile games will generate $30.3 billion worldwide; it predicts that console games will take in $26.4 billion."

http://fortune.com/2015/01/15/mobile-console-game-revenues-2015/

"With so many entertainment products available, F2P (Free-To-Play) helps attract new gamers and allows them to try new things with zero committment to buy."

http://www.internap.com/2014/12/01/top-five-online-gaming-industry-trends-2015/

"The next-generation video game console war is no longer the next-generation video game console war — it’s now the current-generation video game console war. Each of the three major gaming box makers has now had its new console on sale for more than a year, and it has been quite a roller coaster ride to say the least."

http://bgr.com/2015/02/18/ps4-vs-xbox-one-vs-wii-u-lifetime-console-sales/

GAMING SYSTEMS ORGANIZED BY RELATIVE MARKET SHARE

STAR	QUESTION MARK
Mobile Devices	Illegally Downloaded Games
CASH COW	DOG
Microsoft Xbox 360 Nintendo Wii Nintendo 3DS Sony PlayStation 4 Sony PlayStation 3 Sony PlayStation 2 Sony PlayStation Vita Sony PlayStation Portable Sony PlayStation	Atari Lynx Atari 7800 Atari 5200 Atari 2600 Bandai WonderSwan Coleco ColecoVision Coleco Telstar Hudson Soft TurboGrafx-16 Magnavox Odyssey² Mattel Intellivision Microsoft Xbox One Microsoft Xbox Nintendo Wii U Nintendo DS Nintendo GameCube Nintendo Game Boy Advance Nintendo 64 Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Game Boy Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Color TV Game Nokia N-Gage Philips CD-i Sega Dreamcast Sega Saturn Sega Pico Sega Game Gear Sega Genesis Sega Master System