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DUBLIN, Ireland, March 31 -- Research and Markets has announced the addition
of Handheld Game Platforms 2005: More Competitors With Convergence Devices to
their offering.
A suddenly active handheld market became even more crowded over the past year.
With the release of three new consoles, the handheld market is a long way from
the time when the Game Boy was the only game in town. While three years ago, the
market was essentially limited to a single device, there are now six handhelds
on the market.
The primary result of the recent entrants to this market is to skew the handheld
demographic older. The primary means to do this is to offer more graphics-intensive
gaming, as well as other functionality in addition to gaming. Different platforms
offer different capabilities, which include: digital audio and video playback,
digital photo viewing, mobile phone, PDA, camera, instant messaging, and even
GPS capability. The result is that handheld game consoles are morphing into portable
media convergence devices.
This report includes in-depth analysis and forecasts for all handheld platforms.
Annual shipment and revenue forecasts through 2009 are provided for the Nintendo
Game Boy Advance SP, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, Nokia N-Gage, Tapwave Zodiac and Gizmondo.
Geographic shipment breakdowns for 2004 and 2005 are provided for each console.
Results from the Residential Technology Survey on handheld platforms are also
provided.
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c14887 |
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