by more than one player. The Video Game Hardware market is dominated by three main competitors: Nintendo (49%), Microsoft (30%) and Sony (21%). While the video game software market is dominated by four companies: Nintendo (19%), Activision (12%), Electronics Arts (11%) and Konami (5%). These figures indicate that Nintendo is the leader on the video games market, on hardware and software. Nintendo Company was created in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamaushi as a playing cards creator. The company has now
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CONTENTS Introduction Page 2 Acer unveils Iconia dual-screen laptop Page 3 The Telegraph 24 Nov 2010 By Claudine Beaumont Asda set to create 7,500 jobs through expansion plans Page 4 The Independent 16 Nov 2010 By Jamie Grierson Microsoft sells 1m Kinects in 10 days Page 5 The
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handheld console to hit the market and was created in 1989 by Nintendo. This product revolutionized the industry by being the first console to allow for gaming on the go. Players no longer had to visit an arcade to get their gaming fix, effectively broadening the market by making it more accessible to a wider audience. While Generation X witnessed the creation of the first video game console (the Magnavox Odyssey, Atari 2600 and Nintendo Color), generation Y (also referred to among techies as the
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of Gaming Industry SWOT Analysis of Gaming Industry: Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo SWOT is acronym for Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Thread. In Essence a SWOT analysis is geared toward predictability of obvious and hidden factors that may influence the outcome of marketing and sales. In terms of gaming industry, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo with their respective hardware’s MS Xbox 360, PS 3 and Nintendo Wii illustrate the first tier competitors in U.S. as well as globally. Microsoft
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generating buyer interest. In 2008, Nintendo’s Wii had 2 times the market share that Sony’s offering, the Play Station 3, had. I feel Sony should assess the following options. (1) Focus on catering to its niche advance game segment and focus on leveraging its progress form the previous 2 generations. (2) Respond to Wii onslaught by developing its previous generation console to include a low end offering that directly competes with Wii. (3) Partner with Nintendo and others to strengthen offerings in the
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for Supremacy Objectives in front of the case study The main objective that stands in front of our project is to clarify the present situation on the market of video console games. To present the strategies of the three main rival firms-Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft, to see their advantages and disadvantages, to see what their mission statement is, to see who are their customers and in which market segments the companies are trying to penetrate or have already penetrated. At the end we are going
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Nintendo’s Strategy for the Wii— Good Enough to Beat Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3? 12 C A S E ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS 1. What are the defi ning business and economic characteristics of the video game console industry? What is the industry like? 2. What is competition like in the video game console industry? Do a fi ve-forces analysis to support your answer. Which of the fi ve competitive forces is strongest? Which is weakest? Would you characterize the overall strength of competition in video
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of Xbox 360. By capturing exclusive rights to five game of the year titles, improving the online gaming experience, and remaining on the forefront of cutting edge technology, the Xbox 360 defines today and tomorrow. With big names like Sony and Nintendo ready to knock the consumer right off their feet, Microsoft needed to stand out and shine in a way its competitors couldn’t. The Xbox 360 needed exclusivity, and accomplished this by grabbing the rights to Halo, Gears of War, Fable, Forza Motorsport
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Apple Game Console. It has been rumored that Apple is developing a game console that would be competition with systems such as the Wii from Nintendo, Xbox 360 from Microsoft, and PS3 from Sony. Any new foray into this market would have to be well researched and strategized if it were to be profitable. Although this market is still strong I believe that it is in its mature phase of the life cycle for the most part and it would take a system that was unique and rare to win market share from the
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The Wii: Nintendo’s Video Game Revolution Marketing Plan Date: October 14, 2011 “Get-off-the-couch fun whether you're 5 or 95. This is what Wii™ is all about.” Executive Summary Since its inception in 1952, the video gaming industry has grown tremendously in terms of game development, game complexity, and how the graphics look today, compared to the early years. In those early days of gaming, up until just a few years ago, there was really only one dominant market segment, comprised
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