Play Station Network Market

Play Station Network Market Insight

PlayStation network is a digital medium for gaming entertainment. The PlayStation market is the online network of gaming players by which they can interact and connect while playing games. PlayStation network's services are dedicated to an online marketplace (PlayStation Store), a premium subscription service for enhanced gaming and social features (PlayStation Plus), movie streaming, rentals and purchases (PlayStation Video), music streaming (PlayStation Music, powered by Spotify) and a cloud gaming service (PlayStation Now). 

Impact of COVID-19 on Play Station Network Market

• The global video game industry is thriving, despite the widespread economic disruption caused by the coronavirus. Video gaming offers an engaging distraction for people at home looking for social interaction. In addition to this, for the long term transformation, organizations are expecting that the pandemic will change the gaming industry all together, as the greater interest in gaming may accelerate a shift which is already underway and towards the delivery of games via mobile and cloud-based platforms. 
• In terms of production, mobile games are relatively less affected by Covid-19 containment measures, as the development process for individual applications is simpler than for more complex platforms, and hence less prone to disruption. Going forward, increased 5G penetration will further drive uptake of game streaming services, with telecom companies. 
• Covid-19, people in lockdown are finding gaming the best avenue to connect and socialize with family, friends and colleagues. Time spent on games has dramatically increased, more people are playing online games and more gaming companies are cashing in on the rising interest in India as well. Thus, the rise in the adoption of mobile games, online gaming and deployment of high-speed internet will surly increase the market for the PlayStation network during and after the pandemic for the several years. 

Top impacting factors: Market Scenario Analysis, Trends, Drivers, and Impact Analysis 

Numerous factor such as increased demand for the mobile games, rising demand for gaming consoles, enhanced technical advancement, changing people preferences, rise in the disposable incomes and convenience in the play station networks are some of the key driving factors for the growth of the market. However, high-cost requirements for the consoles and lack of gaming interest is expected to hinder the growth of the market. Furthermore, application of 3D in games, integration of augmented and virtual reality, adoption of high-definition image sensors are further expected to boost opportunities for the market.  

Rise in demand for adoption of video games: 

The PlayStation networks offers the services such as online gaming, maintaining a universal gaming profile, detailed collection of in-game accomplishments, able to send text/video messages to friends and form parties to play online games are some of the attractive features offered by the PlayStation networks, which increases the interest and attraction towards the online games. The increased usage of mobile systems has certainly help to switch over the online games, as these games provides lucrative experience in addition to the facility to play with the friends and thus this digital adoption is certainly driving the growth of the network. 

High cost associated with PlayStation network console: 

The PlayStation network requires a complete setup and particular devices to enhance the experience, which usually cost a large amount. In addition to this, additional high speed internet is also required to play these games and which will further increase the operational cost and thus due to this, it may hinder the growth of the market. 

3Dimension application in gaming: 

The application of 3dimension helps to remove controller from the gaming option, which is one of the major advantages. It is expected that the automatic modern control would be able to enhance all the current characters and overcome the present limitations in the 5th generation of gaming consoles. In addition to this, it also provides a remote-control feature to watch other games while playing on the device and it also offers various sharing tools. The game is expected to be offered at low price and available online thus making it more interesting. Thus, these availability and less pricing competition is certainly expected to boost opportunities for the market in the upcoming years. 

Key benefits of the report:

• This study presents the analytical depiction of the global PlayStation network market along with the current trends and future estimations to determine the imminent investment pockets.
• The report presents information related to key drivers, restraints, and opportunities along with detailed analysis of PlayStation network market share.
• The current market is quantitatively analyzed to highlight the global PlayStation network market growth scenario.
• Porter’s five forces analysis illustrates the potency of buyers & suppliers in the market. 
• The report provides detailed PlayStation network market analysis based on competitive intensity and how the competition will take shape in coming years. 

 Play Station Network Market Report Highlights