With vital experience of
the global mobile gaming market under his belt, O'Neill went on to head up Bandai Namco's European mobile business in London.
Not exact matches
Spending on
mobile games, mostly for in - game purchases, will account for 27 % of the $ 99.6 billion
global video
gaming market in 2016,
market tracker Newzoo reported.
In going
global, Damir Slogar, CEO of London, Ont. - based
mobile gaming company Big Blue Bubble (No. 112), has used social media attention to court avid followings in multiple emerging
markets around the world, including Russia and Brazil.
Global sales of smartphones are expected to hit one billion this year, giving rise to a vast
market in
mobile gaming.
Although the
global mobile game
market is expected to top $ 52 billion this year, recent studies show the outlook for
gaming apps is not all sunshine and rainbows.
Newzoo expects the
global market to grow at a CAGR of +6.6 % toward 2019, eventually reaching $ 118.6 billion with
mobile gaming at $ 52.5 billion.
Accounting for more than half of all
mobile gaming revenue in the first quarter of 2017, the importance of Asia to the
global app economy only continues to increase — as does the need for expert insights into this complex
market.
Vincent Gao,
global marketing director at Tencent Games, said: «The future of
gaming is rapidly expanding to
mobile devices, and both Razer and Tencent are at the forefront of fast - tracking development.