(Credit: Sony/Microsoft) The video game market is gunning for a huge score in the marketplace, according to Gartner research firm.
By the end of this year, worldwide spending on games will exceed $93 billion, the report said. That's up from the $78.9 billion spent last year. Gartner further projects that customers will spend $101.6 billion in 2014 and $111 billion by the end of 2015.
Gartner's study is based on predicted sales on hardware and software worldwide. It also includes mobile games, which are set to explode from $9.3 billion in spending last year to $22 billion in 2015. That success will cause trouble for handhelds, according to Gartner. Handhelds will see revenue slide from $18 billion this year to $12.4 billion in 2015.
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After a few years of disappointing sales, consoles are set to rebound in a big way, due to new models hitting the market. This year, total console spending will reach $44.3 billion, up from the $37.4 billion spent on consoles last year, according to Gartner. By 2015, total spending on consoles will reach $55 billion, accounting for about half of the entire game market.
"In stark contrast, dedicated game handheld devices and traditional PC games will play a smaller role in the game market and cease to be important game platforms," Gartner research director Brian Blau said in a statement.
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