Games Consoles in Europe

Introduction

Games Consoles in Europe industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Europe games consoles market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

-The games consoles market consists of the total revenues generated by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony through the sale of their console platforms, including any handheld systems. Market values have been calculated using annual average retail prices for each individual market. Market shares are based upon volume sales and consist of all console sales, including handheld. Any currency calculations used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2010 annual average exchange rates.

-The European games consoles market had total revenues of $10.7 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.4% between 2007 and 2011.

-Electricals and Electronics retailers account for the largest proportion of sales in the European games consoles market in 2011, sales through this channel generated $4.1 billion, equivalent to 38.3% of the market's overall value.

-The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 6% for the five-year period 2011-2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $14.3 billion by the end of 2016.

Features

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Leading company profiles reveal details of key games consoles market players’ global operations and financial performance

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Europe economy

Key Questions Answered

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 6
Market definition 6
Market analysis 6
MARKET DATA 7
Market value 7
MARKET SEGMENTATION 8
Geography segmentation 8
Market distribution 9
MARKET OUTLOOK 10
Market value forecast 10
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 11
Summary 11
Buyer power 12
Supplier power 13
New entrants 14
Threat of substitutes 15
Degree of rivalry 16
LEADING COMPANIES 17
Amazon.com, Inc. 17
DSG International plc. 20
The GAME Group Plc. 23
Metro AG 26
APPENDIX 29
Methodology 29
Industry associations 30
Related Datamonitor research 30

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Europe games consoles market value: $ million, 2007–11(e) 7
Table 2: Europe games consoles market geography segmentation, by value, 2011(e) 8
Table 3: Europe games consoles market distribution: % share, by value, 2011(e) 9
Table 4: Europe games consoles market value forecast: $ million, 2011–16 10
Table 5: Amazon.com, Inc.: key facts 17
Table 6: Amazon.com, Inc.: key financials ($) 18
Table 7: Amazon.com, Inc.: key financial ratios 18
Table 8: DSG International plc.: key facts 20
Table 9: DSG International plc.: key financials ($) 21
Table 10: DSG International plc.: key financials (£) 21
Table 11: DSG International plc.: key financial ratios 21
Table 12: The GAME Group Plc.: key facts 23
Table 13: The GAME Group Plc.: key financials ($) 23
Table 14: The GAME Group Plc.: key financials (£) 24
Table 15: The GAME Group Plc.: key financial ratios 24
Table 16: Metro AG: key facts 26
Table 17: Metro AG: key financials ($) 26
Table 18: Metro AG: key financials (€) 27
Table 19: Metro AG: key financial ratios 27

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Europe games consoles market value: $ million, 2007–11(e) 7
Figure 2: Europe games consoles market geography segmentation : % share, by value, 2011(e) 8
Figure 3: Europe games consoles market distribution: % share, by value, 2011(e) 9
Figure 4: Europe games consoles market value forecast: $ million, 2011–16 10
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the games consoles market in Europe, 2011 11
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the games consoles market in Europe, 2011 12
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the games consoles market in Europe, 2011 13
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the games consoles market in Europe, 2011 14
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the games consoles market in Europe, 2011 15
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the games consoles market in Europe, 2011 16
Figure 11: Amazon.com, Inc.: revenues & profitability 19
Figure 12: Amazon.com, Inc.: assets & liabilities 19
Figure 13: DSG International plc.: revenues & profitability 22
Figure 14: DSG International plc.: assets & liabilities 22
Figure 15: The GAME Group Plc.: revenues & profitability 24
Figure 16: The GAME Group Plc.: assets & liabilities 25
Figure 17: Metro AG: revenues & profitability 27
Figure 18: Metro AG: assets & liabilities 28