Estimate: 230M Chinese Online Gamers in 2012
Estimate: 230M Chinese Online Gamers in 2012
December 9, 2009
Growing Internet penetration in China will continue to fuel online gaming revenues as well as swell the number of online gamers in the years to come according to a new report.
Analysys International data, as reported by Reuters, claims that online gaming revenues in China should reach approximately 73.1 billion yuan (approximately $10.7 billion U.S.) within three years, while the online gaming population is expected to grow from the current 69.0 million to 230.0 million over the same period.
Internet availability has only reached about 27.0 percent of the Chinese population currently, versus more than 70.0 percent in South Korea and Japan. Current U.S. penetration is estimated at 74.1%.
Online game revenues are expected to tally about 26.0 billion yuan (approximately $3.8 billion U.S.) this year.
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Posted 07/30/10 at 10:25am
ZippyDSMlee: No lan too but that will be hack in, with 2X maps its as big as SC,so....want more now ;P
ZippyDSMlee: No lan too but that will be hack in, with 2X maps its as big as SC,so....want more now ;P
Posted 07/30/10 at 10:19am
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: @Cheater: Thank you, I´ll try it later. It happened after I installed the new upgrade, btw
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: @Cheater: Thank you, I´ll try it later. It happened after I installed the new upgrade, btw
Posted 07/30/10 at 01:27am
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Andrew Eisen: I got hired to sing bass for an a cappella group tomorrow night. I have nine songs to learn. Yikes.
Posted 07/29/10 at 10:53pm
E. Zachary Knight: Zippy, I thought SC2 was only 1/3 of a game? ;)
E. Zachary Knight: Zippy, I thought SC2 was only 1/3 of a game? ;)
Posted 07/29/10 at 08:59pm
ZippyDSMlee: SC2 is god! BOW DOWN TO SC2!
ZippyDSMlee: SC2 is god! BOW DOWN TO SC2!
Posted 07/29/10 at 07:50pm
Cheater87: Garcia that sounds like a A/V problem. Try turning the TV on and off or doing that with the AV changer. Thats how I fix mine.
Cheater87: Garcia that sounds like a A/V problem. Try turning the TV on and off or doing that with the AV changer. Thats how I fix mine.
Posted 07/29/10 at 06:50pm
Andrew Eisen: The urinals now have floor mats!
Andrew Eisen: The urinals now have floor mats!
Posted 07/29/10 at 04:54pm
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: My PS3 is having some kind of failure. The sound is still there but the image is totally out...
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: My PS3 is having some kind of failure. The sound is still there but the image is totally out...
Posted 07/29/10 at 03:39pm
ZippyDSMlee: SC2!!SC2!!!SC2!!!!!!
ZippyDSMlee: SC2!!SC2!!!SC2!!!!!!
Posted 07/28/10 at 02:45pm
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Posted 07/28/10 at 09:49am
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Rodrigo Ybáñez García: He blames the internet, but not his abusive mother.
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Posted 07/27/10 at 01:36pm
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ZippyDSMlee: Ah I didnt see it down there :P
Posted 07/25/10 at 01:51pm
ZippyDSMlee: Cheater87:I do not think they see the need for it its a shame its more needed than E10.....
ZippyDSMlee: Cheater87:I do not think they see the need for it its a shame its more needed than E10.....
Posted 07/24/10 at 08:19pm
Cheater87: Zippy I sent them an email about a 15 age category a year or so ago and they said they had no plans for one at the moment. I'll send another one and see if they respond back again.
Cheater87: Zippy I sent them an email about a 15 age category a year or so ago and they said they had no plans for one at the moment. I'll send another one and see if they respond back again.
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Well as a Asian-Americans. I'm not really suprised by this. Video game is greatly love in Asia.
-In Xian, China. As one of the largest educational centres in China, with a huge number of undergraduate students, online games are very popular in the area. Xi'an has already hosted worldwide game competitions such as ACON5, CEG2006, and WCG2006.
-In South Korea, 90% of home have broadband internet access. South Korea is the most wired place on earth. So It's not a suprise that there are a lot of people who played video game. Remember this GP article: http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/05/27/frontline-looks-video-game-addiction-south-korea
-In Japan, well you get the idea.
-In a lot part of Asia, I think they are more gamers then USA and Europe combined. Remember, China has the biggest population, South Korea is wired, and Japanese gaming industry is big as Western one. So combine this and you have one big gaming society in the far East.
I have also heard from somewhere, that WOW users do not like gold farmers from China. Aka "farming for gold." So yeah I can believe that as well & learning from my AI instructor that South Korea is the most wired place on earth. Which is awesome, btw.
"It's better to be hated for who you are, then be loved for who you are not." - Montgomery Gentry
"Growing Internet penetration" Those 3 words should never be in the same sentence. Just saying.
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Debates are like merry go rounds. Two people take their positions then they go through the same points over and over and over again. Then when it's over they have the same positions they started in.
Too bad the world will end in 2012.
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Well we shall see if it does end. But it is also believed that the Myans calendar ended on the year 2012. When my fiance was in the Marines, the DI's drilled it into his head that the world would end in 2012. He asked me if I believed it? I said I don't know. I would love to see the movie though. :)
"It's better to be hated for who you are, then be loved for who you are not." - Montgomery Gentry
Heh, not if the Chinese government can help it I bet.
Then they will be offline again when the Chinese government feels that the people love games more than the government itself. The Chinese government has always come across to me like one of those guys who beat the tar out of their girlfriends if they talk to any other male ever.
-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-