Report predicts MMO game market to triple in five years

September 13th, 2007 by tim finin

A new report by Strategy Analytics predicts that the global online game market will triple from it’s current revenue of $4 billion per year over the next five years.

“This report, “Online Games: Global Market Forecast” notes that the rapidly expanding Massively Multiplayer Online Games market, lead by Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft franchise, is blazing the way for electronic sell-through and digital distribution of both PC and console games. … “The main driver for sustained growth in the online games market will be the continued uptake of broadband services around the world”, adds David Mercer, Principal Analyst at Strategy Analytics. “Additionally, the very lucrative revenue opportunity in both the massively multiplayer segment and the electronic sell through market will continue to attract new entrants into the online games market.”" (link)

The report notes that online game revenue, mostly from MMOs, is already larger that the revenue from online music and for online video. Here’s their prediction of the growth.

global online games	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	CAGR
Total US$ (Million)	3,823	5,153	6,916	8,847	10,564	11,754	25,2%

(spotted on ars technica)

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