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Asia will account for 82 percent of the $6B global game-market growth this year

Gaming is growing, but mostly in Asia. Market researcher Newzoo is reporting today that Asia-Pacific will account for 82 percent of the $6 billion in global game revenue growth in 2014.

The industry is expected to grow 8 percent to $81.5 billion this year. Because of its faster growth rate, the Asia-Pacific region will grow its global market share from 42 percent to 45 percent, or $36.8 billion of the total.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.