ELSPA: VIDEO GAMES MARKET DEMONSTRATES OVER 100 PER CENT GROWTH IN SIX YEARS

ELSPA: The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association: "01 September 2004
VIDEO GAMES MARKET DEMONSTRATES OVER 100 PER CENT GROWTH IN SIX YEARS:

The world market for video games continues to grow at a faster rate than ever before, according to one of two new reports by analysts Screen Digest on behalf of ELSPA, the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association. Over the last six years (1997 – 2003) the interactive leisure software market in the UK has grown by over 100 per cent, far outstripping cinema box office (30 per cent), VHS/DVD rental (14 per cent) and music retail which has actually fallen by 4.5 per cent over the same period.

The two reports by analysts Screen Digest on behalf of ELSPA are:
1 – Interactive Leisure Software: Global Market Assessment and Forecasts to 2007 – available from 1st September 2004.
2 - European Video Games: The 2004 State Of The Industry Report – available from October 2004."