Online gaming market continues to grow rapidly
Over the next few games, the online gaming market should grow almost fourfold, analysts predict from DFC Intelligence. In their opinion, the main reasons for growth will be the emergence of new game consoles with online functionality and the spread of broadband Internet.
Analytical company DFC Intelligence has published a 750-page report , The Online Game Market , which details the online gaming industry and its development prospects for the coming years. Within five years, this market will grow from last year’s $ 3.4 billion to $ 13 billion in 2011.
For several years, Asian countries have been the market leader in online gaming and in terms of the number of users and financial income. But soon things will change, analysts say. North America will start coming to the fore. It is unlikely that the United States will be able to overtake Asia within five years, but they can really come close to it.
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A kind of "doping" for the online gaming industry will be the widespread spread of broadband Internet. This process is already happening in America and Europe. Other favorable factors - the emergence of new models of game consoles with enhanced connectivity to the Internet, new online games, as well as an increase in the number of personal computers among the population.
Interestingly, the development of the gaming industry pulls along with some related services. For example, online file distribution systems, as well as advertising systems of the new generation, which are trying to sell advertising space in the virtual space of computer games, are getting on their feet.
Sports and racing simulators, as well as games in the genre of action, will gradually go online, but their developers will still receive the main income from retail sales. The main leader in the online gaming market is projects created specifically for the Internet, that is, multiplayer online games (MMOG). Here, a paid subscription model is used almost universally, that is, monthly fees for a game, which allows developers in many cases to significantly increase their profits.
Analysts also emphasize the important role of game consoles of the new generation with advanced functions for playing games online. We are talking about the online service Xbox Live in the console Microsoft Xbox 360, as well as consoles Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii. The latter is expected to implement the concept of a virtual console (Virtual Console), which will allow you to download games via the Internet.
Analytical company DFC Intelligence has published a 750-page report , The Online Game Market , which details the online gaming industry and its development prospects for the coming years. Within five years, this market will grow from last year’s $ 3.4 billion to $ 13 billion in 2011.
For several years, Asian countries have been the market leader in online gaming and in terms of the number of users and financial income. But soon things will change, analysts say. North America will start coming to the fore. It is unlikely that the United States will be able to overtake Asia within five years, but they can really come close to it.
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A kind of "doping" for the online gaming industry will be the widespread spread of broadband Internet. This process is already happening in America and Europe. Other favorable factors - the emergence of new models of game consoles with enhanced connectivity to the Internet, new online games, as well as an increase in the number of personal computers among the population.
Interestingly, the development of the gaming industry pulls along with some related services. For example, online file distribution systems, as well as advertising systems of the new generation, which are trying to sell advertising space in the virtual space of computer games, are getting on their feet.
Sports and racing simulators, as well as games in the genre of action, will gradually go online, but their developers will still receive the main income from retail sales. The main leader in the online gaming market is projects created specifically for the Internet, that is, multiplayer online games (MMOG). Here, a paid subscription model is used almost universally, that is, monthly fees for a game, which allows developers in many cases to significantly increase their profits.
Analysts also emphasize the important role of game consoles of the new generation with advanced functions for playing games online. We are talking about the online service Xbox Live in the console Microsoft Xbox 360, as well as consoles Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii. The latter is expected to implement the concept of a virtual console (Virtual Console), which will allow you to download games via the Internet.
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