Games Consoles in the United States

Introduction

Games Consoles in the United States 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 United States 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 US games consoles market had total revenues of $8.7 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.5% between 2007 and 2011.

-Electrical and Electronics retailers account for the largest proportion of sales in the US games consoles market in 2011, sales through this channel generated $2.5 billion, equivalent to 28.5% of the market's overall value.

-The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 3.7% for the five-year period 2011-2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $10.4 billion by the end of 2016.

Features

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the United States 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
Best Buy Co, Inc. 20
GameStop Corp. 23
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 26
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 29
Country Data 29
APPENDIX 31
Methodology 31
Industry associations 32
Related Datamonitor research 32

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United States games consoles market value: $ million, 2007–11(e) 7
Table 2: United States games consoles market geography segmentation, by value, 2011(e) 8
Table 3: United States games consoles market distribution: % share, by value, 2011(e) 9
Table 4: United States games consoles market value forecast: $ million, 2011–16 10
Table 5: Amazon.com, Inc.: key facts 17
Table 6: Amazon.com, Inc.: key financials ($) 18
Table 7: Amazon.com, Inc.: key financial ratios 18
Table 8: Best Buy Co, Inc.: key facts 20
Table 9: Best Buy Co, Inc.: key financials ($) 21
Table 10: Best Buy Co, Inc.: key financial ratios 21
Table 11: GameStop Corp.: key facts 23
Table 12: GameStop Corp.: key financials ($) 24
Table 13: GameStop Corp.: key financial ratios 24
Table 14: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: key facts 26
Table 15: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: key financials ($) 27
Table 16: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: key financial ratios 27
Table 17: United States size of population (million), 2007–11 29
Table 18: United States GDP (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2007–11 29
Table 19: United States GDP (current prices, $ billion), 2007–11 29
Table 20: United States inflation, 2007–11 30
Table 21: United States consumer price index (absolute), 2007–11 30
Table 22: United States exchange rate, 2007–11 30

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: United States games consoles market value: $ million, 2007–11(e) 7
Figure 2: United States games consoles market geography segmentation : % share, by value, 2011(e) 8
Figure 3: United States games consoles market distribution: % share, by value, 2011(e) 9
Figure 4: United States games consoles market value forecast: $ million, 2011–16 10
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the games consoles market in the United States, 2011 11
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the games consoles market in the United States, 2011 12
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the games consoles market in the United States, 2011 13
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the games consoles market in the United States, 2011 14
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the games consoles market in the United States, 2011 15
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the games consoles market in the United States, 2011 16
Figure 11: Amazon.com, Inc.: revenues & profitability 19
Figure 12: Amazon.com, Inc.: assets & liabilities 19
Figure 13: Best Buy Co, Inc.: revenues & profitability 22
Figure 14: Best Buy Co, Inc.: assets & liabilities 22
Figure 15: GameStop Corp.: revenues & profitability 25
Figure 16: GameStop Corp.: assets & liabilities 25
Figure 17: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: revenues & profitability 28
Figure 18: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: assets & liabilities 28