Niko Partners: China may not need 6 months to start approving games again
The world’s largest gaming market is experiencing a bureaucratic blockade that is preventing the launch of many new games. China’s government hasn’t approved any...
China’s game-regulation mess is starting to hurt developers
The Chinese government has to approve every game that goes on sale in that country, which is a problem considering it hasn’t approved any...
Niko Partners: China’s console and TV-based game market will hit $736 million in 2018
Sony and Microsoft launched their video game consoles in China in 2014, but there wasn’t much to celebrate about the sales back then. But...
Niko Partners: China will surpass 768 million gamers and $42 billion in game revenue by 2022 (updated)
China’s growth as the world’s top game market will continue unabated. Market researcher Niko Partners predicts that China’s gamers will exceed 1 billion people...
Niko Partners: Hardcore PC gamers in China play 42 hours a week
Chinese gamers are pretty hardcore, and the most hardcore are the PC gamers who play an average of 42 hours a week, according to a...
16 predictions for the Chinese and Southeast Asian games industry in 2018
In celebration of 16 years of delivering market intelligence on the Chinese and Greater Southeast Asian digital games industry, we’ve put together 16 predictions...
Southeast Asia’s PC online and mobile game revenue hits $2.2 billion in 2017
Southeast Asia’s PC online and mobile game revenue is projected to reach $2.2 billion by the end of 2017, and it could rise to...
Niko Partners: Taiwan’s game market on path to $2.8 billion by 2021
Asian games market researcher Niko Partners is forecasting that the Taiwanese game market will grow from $1.26 billion in 2016 to $2.8 billion by...
Niko Partners: China’s pro esports market will hit $1.26 billion in 2017
The esports market in China is expected to grow to $1.26 billion in 2017, according to a new report from market researcher Niko Partners....
China game revenues to grow from $26 billion to $35 billion by 2021
China’s game market is expected to grow from $26 billion in 2017 to $35 billion by 2021, according to a new forecast by Asian...