The Analyst Team

Steven Bailey
Principal Analyst, Video Games
Steve specializes in the online PC gaming market, virtual worlds, online consoles, as well as casual, browser-based, and social gaming.
He also provides consultancy services for major international clients and general games intelligence service work. Steve focuses on subscription and micro-transaction markets in the West as well as in emerging gaming sectors.
Prior to joining Omdia, Steve had an accomplished career in games journalism in a variety of magazine roles, including as editor of a TV-based games portal. Most notably, he lent his distinctive voice as a freelance writer to Edge, the influential games periodical. Over the six years of his career as a writer, Steve published several thousand published pages of video game content within the specialist press.
Steve attended Cardiff University in Wales, completing a PhD in mathematics with an emphasis on numerical analysis and multivariate calculus.
Further Reading
Console content trends in 2021
Analyst Opinion / 19 Apr 2022 / Steven Bailey
Five trends that helped define the content side of the console market during a year of adjustment in the face of an ongoing pandemic.
Omdia’s latest console forecasts show a market in rude postpandemic health
Analyst Opinion / 18 Mar 2022 / Matthew Bailey
This report offers a top-line analysis of Omdia’s most recent game console content and hardware forecasts.
The uncertain long-term future facing game consoles
Analyst Opinion / 02 Mar 2022 / Steven Bailey
Long-term changes in the global landscape could have significant impact on the supply of game consoles, leading to a fundamental shift in how hardware cycles operate.
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