The future games industry will favor two consoles | DFC Intelligence

The games industry will not only grow in the next few years, but experience shifts in the hardware market, according to DFC Intelligence — with only two clear winners out of three major manufacturers. The research and advisory firm has released its annual market report and forecast today, and one of the major takeaways of the latter is that consumers will only have room in their wallets for two new gaming consoles, while the third will struggle to find its place.

Previous DFC reports suggest that 2025 will begin a period of record growth for the games industry, and this markets report elaborates on that: It predicts that the industry will recover from the decline of the previous years thanks in part to exciting new game and console launches — two of the biggest and most immediate being the new Nintendo console and Grand Theft Auto VI, both of which are predicted for 2025.