IDG’s Forecast Update provides crucial insight and analysis into the trends affecting the console/retail landscape across the US, Europe, and Japan. Highlights include:

• Nintendo Switch – IDG commentary on the launch performance of the new console and its software

• Analysis/Insights – Analysis of the latest trends affecting the console market including physical attach rate decline, the Games as a Service model, and the rise of special edition SKUs, among others

• Q1 2017 Performance Summaries – Summaries for hardware and software performance for the US, Western Europe and Japan including top publishers and titles for each territory

• IDG’s Five-Year Forecast – Provided in Excel format and accompanied by summary of changes made to the forecast by platform and country/territory

Released: May 30, 2017