Major players in the digital PC games market are Tencent Games, Ubisoft, King, Activision Blizzard, Zynga, GungHo Online, Microsoft Corporation, Sony Corporation, Nintendo and Electronic Arts.
New York, March 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Digital PC Games Global Market Report 2022" – https://www.reportlinker.com/p06246500/?utm_source=GNW
The global digital pc games market is expected to grow from $9.19 billion in 2021 to $10.80 billion in 2022 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.5%. The growth is mainly due to the companies rearranging their operations and recovering from the COVID-19 impact, which had earlier led to restrictive containment measures involving social distancing, remote working, and the closure of commercial activities that resulted in operational challenges. The market is expected to reach $19.33 billion in 2026 at a CAGR of 15.7%.
The digital PC games market consists of sale of digital PC games and related products.Digital PC game is a program designed to provide interactive experience to the player.
Virtual environment provided by the digital PC games do not limit players by physical space or by hands on access but considers a wide range of cultural and media activities based on digital technologies. The digital PC games have integrated different features such as voice recognition, 3D gaming, GPS tracking and many more to provide players with real life experiences.
The main platforms of digital PC games are windows, IOS and others. iOS is a mobile operating system created and developed exclusively for Apple Inc.’s hardware. The various game subscription model include premium and freemium that are used by social gamer, serious gamers and core gamers.
The regions covered in the digital PC games market are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East and Africa.
The increasing demand to avail PC games digitally is contributing to the growth of the market.The advantage of convenience, cross-buying, and easy to store that are provided by digital distribution impel the players to access the access PC games digitally.
The gamers can get pre-loaded games when they are pre-ordered and will have immediate access to the games the moment they are launched in the market. According to a survey conducted by GameIndustry.biz along with Ipsos, 30% of respondents considered buying digitally due to the low price that is being offered and 20% bought them for a discount. 15% responded that they will have access to the games as soon as they see it on any other platform and 7% responded that they would pre-order to get access to the games when it is launched in the market. The increasing demand for digital distribution will drive the digital PC games market.
The piracy of digital PC games majorly restrains the growth of the market.Piracy is the unauthorized reproduction of the content.
Pirating the digital PC games will result in a loss in revenue and will hamper the growth of the market.For instance, Irdeto disclosed that there were 355,664 torrent downloads of a major sports title on pay-to-paly (P2P) network.
This brings in a potential loss of $21.34 million. Piracy is a major threat in the digital PC games industry if the games are compromised within 2 weeks of their launch and burden with huge revenue losses. The piracy of digital PC games is thereby an obstacle to the market.
The emergence of cloud gaming is a major trend in the digital PC games market.Cloud gaming is a disruptive platform where the provider runs the game on its servers and then streams back the display and expands the users for premium games.
The advantage of streaming games from the cloud increases the number of users for digital PC games as it eliminates the need for upgrading hardware. For instance, in November 2019, Google has launched Stadia, a cloud gaming service capable of streaming video games in 4K resolution at 60 frames per second, in 14 different countries with 22 games during the launch.
In July 2021, Sony Interactive Entertainment, a US-based video game and digital entertainment company acquired Nixxes Software B.V., for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition will help Sony port more PlayStation games to PC. Nixxes Software B.V. is a Netherland-based company specialized in video game design, development and porting.
The countries covered in the digital PC games market are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK and USA.
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