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PwC sees a bright future in entertainment and media.

Global ads lift entertainment and media as game industry recovers | PwC

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 16, 2024
16 min

Despite economic headwinds, technological disruption and increased geographic and industry competition, the global entertainment and media (E&M) industry grew in 2023, with total revenues...

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Making the gaming industry more emotionally intelligent — and bigger as a result

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 28, 2023
14 min

This article is part of GamesBeat’s special issue, Gaming communities: Making connections and fighting toxicity. When I was growing up, gaming was new. For many...

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Traditional gaming shrinks to 26.7% of game and esports revenue as overall U.S. sales head to $72B by 2027 | PwC

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 19, 2023
12 min

Total video games and esports revenue in the U.S. was $54.1 billion in 2022 and is forecast to reach $72.0 billion by $27 billion,...

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The ESA says 227 million Americans play games.

ESA: U.S. gained 13M gamers during the pandemic

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 13, 2021
5 min

The U.S. has nearly 227 million video game players of all ages, up 5.8% from 214.4 million a year earlier. This is according to...

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PwC says games are expected to grow 4.4% per year through 2025.

PwC: Games grew 10% in 2020 and will grow 4.4% per year through 2025

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 12, 2021
11 min

Games are the gateway to younger consumers, and that became even more obvious during the pandemic. Games grew revenues 10% in 2020, according to...

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Digital Catapult's Immersive Lab launch May 2017

The U.K. is becoming a global hotbed for VR and AR

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 19, 2018
5 min

Last month I addressed Europe’s startup brain drain to the U.S. and then followed up by profiling the U.K. as an exception to the...

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PwC predicts moderate growth for U.S. video games, fast growth for VR and esports

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 6, 2017
2 min

Once a year, accounting and consulting firm PwC sorts out its predictions for games, technology, and entertainment. This year, it is predicting moderate growth of...

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PwC: Game industry to grow nearly 5% annually through 2020

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 8, 2016
4 min

Within the global entertainment business, games look pretty good. The U.S. video game industry revenue is expected to grow at a compound annual growth...

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4 min

With fewer megadeals in Q1, U.S. entertainment and media deals fall to lowest point in two years

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 19, 2016
2 min

Merger mania in entertainment may be cooling off in the U.S. In the first quarter, the value of merger and acquisition deals in the...

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2 min

GameStop looks to alternative payments to boost holiday sales.

U.S. games industry forecast to grow 30 percent to $19.6B by 2019

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 3, 2015
4 min

Games are still much smaller than filmed entertainment, but by no means are consoles or PC games dying.

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