The global games business will grow to more than $100 billion by 2017. But there will be great turmoil as mobile games will generate more revenue than consoles on a global business as early as 2015, and physical store sales will “evaporate” in 2015, dropping below 20 percent of the market in the U.S., according to market researcher Newzoo.
Each year will bring us new disruptions for the game market, as traditional console and PC games give way to digital games on mobile and online platforms. How companies strategize around these changes will determine the winners and losers, according to Peter Warman, chief executive of Newzoo.
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