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George Jijiashvili's Blog   Expert Blogs

 

I'm a senior analyst at Omdia, leading research into games and AR/VR technologies. Based in London, I produce insights into the games sector through regular reports, market sizing and forecasting.

My specialisms include the video game market, cloud gaming and wearable technology. I've previously worked at CCS Insight.

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2021 will be a landmark year for cloud gaming, generating $4bn in consumer spending
Posted by George Jijiashvili on Thu, 17 Sep 2020 10:30:00 EDT in Business/Marketing, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet
New research from market analyst firm Omdia shows that cloud gaming revenues will hit $12bn by 2025. Boosted by the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PlayStation Now, cloud gaming will generate $4bn in consumer spending in 2021 alone.

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Samsung bringing Xbox to its smartphones strengthens Microsoft's cloud gaming ambitions
Posted by George Jijiashvili on Wed, 05 Aug 2020 10:13:00 EDT in Business/Marketing, Smartphone/Tablet
At its Galaxy Unpacked event today, Samsung deepened its collaboration with Microsoft over its xCloud game streaming platform. Omdia's games analyst provides his insight into this development.

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Game subscriptions draw in millions, but will all developers get on board?
Posted by George Jijiashvili on Thu, 09 Jul 2020 10:45:00 EDT in Business/Marketing, Console/PC
Subscriptions will not dominate video games in the same way as OTT video or music over the next five years, but subscriptions will nevertheless play an important role in user retention and engagement

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2021 will be a landmark year for cloud gaming, generating $4bn in consumer spending
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Thanks for your comment. Indeed ...

Thanks for your comment. Indeed - even mobile gaming like what Hatch is doing, and what Tencent is trying to do with Instant Play Cloud gaming will certainly provide a platform for a large variety of gaming as you 've noted. I didn 't mean to exclude them, but given ...