IDG's November 2022 Games Report offers in-depth coverage of the global gaming market. This report features IDG's insights and analysis on key trends affecting the console, PC, and mobile gaming markets, along with thorough coverage of other news and M&A activity into the space. In addition, this report features updated forecasts for the global console gaming market.

Topics covered in this quarter's update include, among others:

• A closer look at how the games market has fared against previous recessions

• A comparison of IDG's 2022 forecast at the beginning of the year vs. the current quarter's forecast

• An analysis of hardware trends on PC and smartphone

• An overview of cost-cutting measures carried out in the industry thus far

• An in-depth explanation of why IDG's console hardware forecast seems so pessimistic

• The impact of Apple's store policies on NFTs in the mobile Web3 gaming market

• An analysis of Sony's announcements pertaining to the upcoming release of PlayStation VR2

• A look at how Meta's Horizon Worlds is doing after a year since the company rebranded itself

• IDG's thoughts on Phil Spencer's recent comments on Xbox's business strategy

Released: November 18, 2022