The DeanBeat: How far will the advantage swing to Asia in games?

Free-to-play games were born in Asia, and it’s easy to see why gaming is growing at a faster clip over there. In fact, the largest free-to-play PC online game in the world is Tencent/SmileGate’s CrossFire, which generated $957 million in revenues last year.

Five of last year’s top ten free-to-play online games came from Asia. It’s worth noting that China’s Tencent, the majority of owner of League of Legends creator Riot Games, generated more than $5.3 billion in revenue from games in 2013, making it the largest game company in the world, eclipsing even Activision Blizzard with $4.8 billion.