In addition to covering H1’18 performance, retail trends, and hot-button topics, IDG’s quarterly report also provides an update on our 5-year forecast based on H1’18 performance of the console markets in the US, Western Europe and Japan.

• Analysis of the latest trends and developments affecting the retail market, including changes to pre-order programs, impact of the World Cup on FIFA ‘18, and Switch, among others

• IDG’s 5-year forecast provided by country, platform, and year

• H1’18 performance summaries, along with top titles and publishers for the US, Western Europe, and Japan

• Dashboards providing IDG’s outlook on the market including progress though the current year, attach rates over time, and rationales to explain recent changes to the IDG Forecast

Released: August 31, 2018