Our calling card is our proprietary data and set of methodologies not employed anywhere else in the industry. No other research/analyst firm of its size offers the depth and breadth of knowledge maintained by our global team, who maintains mastery over every corner of the gaming/transmedia industry. If you need guidance on making the right decision for your business, based on hard and concrete quantitative data, or softer industry-level competitive intelligence, we are your best resource.
IDGBenefits
Comprehensive Ecosystem Expertise
The entire service needs ecosystem – including M&A, commercial due diligence, portfolio optimization, competitive insights/intelligence, industry best practices, TAM and title forecasting, go-to-market entry strategy, product management, and more.
Experienced and Skilled Analysts
Analysts with specific research skills, honed by years of experience within the games industry, followed by longevity at IDG. Skill sets include: data science and analytics, consumer insights, strategic advisory, financial analysis, market research.
Personalized High-Touch Engagements
High-touch, one-on-one engagements not available anywhere else among games industry research/analyst firms.
“IDG is one of our go-to partners for tackling some of the biggest challenges we face in our industry. They are objective, independent experts, and they have been a trusted advisor and resource for Activision for over 20 years. We work with IDG across multiple areas and levels, and we greatly value the partnership.”
Activision
“IDG is one of the most insightful and forward-thinking research firms in our industry. Their unique ability to expertly analyze trends that capture paradigm shifts in emerging technologies, business models and consumerism is what has made them such a valued longstanding partner of our organization.”
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
“Intelligence is about answering two very important questions; why and what next? Over the last 5 years we’ve partnered with Yoshio and the IDG team, we’ve worked together in high level strategy products to local tactical engagements helping fuel the growth for Wargaming and enabling my team to focus on implementing the how. IDG has consistently delivered insight around trends driving the industry, competitive intensity in exploratory markets, and easy to understand data visualizations unpacking complex metrics in bite size form.”
Wargaming
“Milestone has been working with IDG for many years, and the level of collaboration could not be higher. The support provided by the company has played a role of great value over time: their quarterly reports are a fundamental tool to analyze trends, preferences and users’ tastes and they provide very good support for our strategic decisions. In addition to periodic analysis, Milestone also works with IDG for ad hoc evaluations, always managing to have precise, rapid and extremely useful answers for our business. IDG has even been an incredible supporter for us in looking for a partner in the US, and they followed up with us step-by-step with enthusiasm and dedication. We will be always grateful to Anton, Yoshio and the whole IDG team.”