If you have any questions about
the Chinese gaming market then please feel free to drop me a comment and I'll answer it.
Not exact matches
Chinese tech giants are now outright acquiring or taking majority shares in overseas companies, such as Ctrip's (China's leading online travel agency and number two
market leader in the world, second only to Priceline) acquisition of the UK's leading travel search site Skyscanner, Tencent's 93 % investment in U.S. - based
gaming company Riot Games and 84 % investment in Finland - based
gaming company Supercell, and Alibaba's 83 % stake in Southeast Asia's online shopping site Lazada.
Honor of Kings is essentially a reworking for the
Chinese market of League of Legends, originally developed by U.S.
gaming firm Riot Games.
In addition to social networking and
gaming,
Chinese tech behemoth Tencent has been able to dominate yet another sector in its home
market — music streaming.
China will this year become the world's largest mobile
gaming market by revenue, earning more than $ 6 billion, says Peter Warman, CEO of Dutch mobile analytics company Newzoo, which analyses data from its
Chinese partner TalkingData.
Despite the
Chinese government wanting mass -
market, non-
gaming income to comprise a larger percentage of casino revenue in Macau, it was the return of the high rollers that fueled the
gaming industry's resurrection.
Tencent, a
Chinese gaming and social - media firm now getting into e-commerce, has a
market capitalisation of $ 62 billion, just shy of Facebook's current valuation.
In - Depth: Inside China's
Gaming Cafes «
Chinese Internet cafés are surprisingly important to the nation's online game
market, according to a new survey - and Gamasutra talks to Niko Partners» Lisa Hanson about the popularity of Western games in the café, the male - female player ratio, and more.»
Both companies are mobile - first
Chinese publishers that benefit from the massive size of the
Chinese mobile
gaming market.
As a
Chinese I must agree with @notachance, in fact China is The Biggest mobile
gaming market in the world (with Tencent, Netease and such making huge money from MT), and PC do dominates there, for some historical reasons (China's government forbid
gaming consoles since, 2000 maybe?
The new regulations are daunting, but by understanding the
Chinese gaming audience, the rules and the process, game developers can still release games into the
market, albeit at a slower rate.
«The new regulations are daunting, but by understanding the
Chinese gaming audience, the rules and the process game developers can still release games into the
market, albeit at a slower rate,» says Lisa Hanson, founder of Niko Partners.
They've been clear from the start that this is a console aimed at the China
market and making console
gaming appeal to
Chinese gamers.
The console
market has remained untapped in China for a very long time but it's ultimately going to be
Chinese gamers that decide if they're willing to change their
gaming habits from playing on Mobile & PC to buying new games hardware and software to play at home.
Sony noted that this is a collaborative effort with a number of companies to produce AAA «Hero» titles that can contribute to the growth of the
Chinese domestic console
market as well as influence the global
gaming market.
Newzoo has revealed the top 25 public companies by game revenue in 2017, illustrating the growth of mobile
gaming worldwide and a strong
Chinese market.
Similarly, Nintendo is partnering here with both Nvidia and
Chinese streaming video platform Iqiyi to release its games in China — a smart move that enables Nintendo to push into one of the world's largest
gaming markets.
«The new regulations are daunting, but by understanding the
Chinese gaming audience, the rules and the process game developers can still release games into the
market, albeit at a slower rate,» said Lisa Cosmas Hanson, Managing Partner and founder of Niko Partners.
The report includes detailed data and analysis on the online games
market size and forecast, ranked lists of game titles, gamer behavioral data, analysis of eSports,
gaming hardware, Virtual Reality trends, online games licenses, and more regarding the
Chinese online games
market from 2015 - 2020e.
Virtuos
marketing manager Laurent Leriche added that big
Chinese gaming companies started as internet companies and base game design decisions on data analysis and compilation.
But at Google I / O 2016, the
Chinese hardware maker had a surprise for the American
market: a 4K - ready Android TV - based set - top box for all your video streaming and
gaming needs.