Worldwide Home Video Game Console Forecast Update, 2024-2028: Nintendo "Switch 2" Positioned to Reinvigorate Growth, Especially in Asia/Pacific

This IDC study forecasts home video game console hardware, software, and service use and spending through 2028 in four regions: North America, Western Europe, Asia/Pacific, and a combined rest of the world (ROW) region. Eighth-, ninth-, and tenth-generation consoles are considered in grouped categories. Packaged game discs/cards are broken out from two digital game-related spending segments. The study examines key market events and related trends, and it offers advice and guidance to vendors in the home game console ecosystem."2024 is a down year. With the launch of Nintendo's next-gen platform just over the horizon, 2025 should see a significant rebound in global home game console excitement and spending. We also anticipate growth in Asia/Pacific will be particularly rosy over our forecast window." - Lewis Ward, research director of XR, Gaming, and Interactive 3D Software at IDC